ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly Wednesday disrupted an already heated session of the House, making it impossible for proceedings to continue and forcing the speaker to adjourn the session until Thursday evening.
A stormy NA session was in progress on Wednesday evening with lawmakers from treasury and opposition delivering fiery speeches on the Panama scandal, which has been haunting the Nawaz government for months now.
The opposition members began making noise as soon as the speaker allowed Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique to speak to the House, after the address of Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah.
The commotion reached its peaks as PTI members of the assembly gathered before the Speaker's dais and tore copies of the agenda apart. They vehemently chanted slogans against the government, effectively making it impossible for proceedings to continue.
The speaker announced 15 minutes break, but after the session resumed they again gathered before him. Upon this, the opposition leader advised Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to adjourn the session, which the latter agreed with. Proceedings of the National Assembly will resume at 4 PM Thursday.
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