Opposition wreaks chaos in Punjab Assembly

Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Opposition wreaks chaos in Punjab Assembly Lahore, Pakistan news:- The opposition members stirred chaos in the Punjab Assembly yet again and the house became a fish-market Monday.

The Punjab Assembly meeting started an hour and a half late. When the Law Minister Rana Sanaullah tried presenting his motion, the opposition started shouting. After the speaker’s decision, the opposition leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin passed his resolution and the house unanimously approved the resolution for paying tribute to Allama Iqbal. Later, two privelege motions of the opposition were passed. The opposition member Ahmed Yar Haraj protested for presenting the wrong answer to the Robert Farm case. The speaker then postponed the motion and permitted presenting the amendment bill. The house approved the amendment bill 2009 for the underdeveloped areas and also related to kite-flying. During this time, the opposition continued shouting.

Government officials say that the opposition members tore the copies of the agenda and threw them in the house. The copies had hymns written in them for the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

“May my parents be sacrificed for the Prophet (PBUH). The government has stooped to its lowest,” said the opposition member Chaudhry Zaheeruddin.