KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today proposed an emergency motion in Dewan Rakyat to mourn the fate of flight MH370’s passengers and crew, expressing Putrajaya’s condolences over the incident.

The Prime Minister also said Malaysia’s appreciated the efforts of  global agencies and countries involved in the search and rescue operations.

The emergency motion was seconded by Arau MP Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

Representatives from the main parties will debate the motion today.

Najib said the search operation will go on until at least the aircraft’s black box is recovered, adding that Malaysia will not fly its flag at half mast until then.

“The government’s opinion is that we have to find the debris of the plane first before taking such action,” Najib told the Parliament here.

He also said that the National Fatwa Council will convene at 6pm today to decide on the details for a special funeral prayer for the victims.

Najib also reminded MPs to show solidarity with the victims’ families.

“This is not the time for us to politicise the issue. The MH370 issue must not at all be made part of a speech in the recent Kajang by-election,” the Pekan MP said.

This comes as Pakatan Rakyat leaders today criticised Putrajaya’s decision to announce last night that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended in the Indian Ocean without physical evidence to back the conclusion.

The PR lawmakers also repeated their call for a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on MH370, claiming to have the backing of some Barisan Nasional backbenchers.

Speaking on the sidelines of  the parliamentary session,  Arau MP Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, who is the minister in charge of the house, said suggestions asking for the formation of  a special parliamentary committee or a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the air tragedy will be taken into consideration.

“All of this will given attention by the government,” he said, admitting that lawmakers from both political divide will support such decision.

Najib revealed last night that analysis by UK commercial satellite firm Inmarsat and the Air Accidents Investigation Board concluded that MH370 flew towards the Indian Ocean after it deviated from its path to Beijing.

MAS yesterday informed the families of passengers and crew that it must “assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived.”

But despite sightings of debris by satellites and planes searching the area, there is still no conclusive evidence to show that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean.

MH370 and the 239 people on board disappeared less than an hour after the Beijing-bound flight left Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am on March 8.

The plane and its passengers remain missing even as the search entered its third week.