 Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) legislators walked out of the house on Wednesday to protest police raids for the arrest of Chaudhry Asghar Gujjar, the MMA's parliamentary chief, and the speaker's attitude.
| "Yeah! He got a attitude! We're leavin'!" |
Arshad Mehmood Bagoo, Dr Waseem Afzal, Muhammad Waqas and women legislators of the alliance tried to raise one point of order after the other as soon as proceedings got underway. Bagoo claimed that police were raiding to arrest Gujjar, who had not committed any crime. Raja Basharat, Punjab law minister, said that the police were doing no such thing, but Bagoo remained unconvinced and kept shouting otherwise. Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi, Punjab Assembly speaker, stopped Bagoo from discussing the topic further.
| "My Gawd, Mister Speaker! You shot him!" |
The MMA's legislators tried to persuade the speaker to give them the floor but he refused.
| "Yeah! And I'll do the same to anybody that tries to grab the floor!" |
They got angry and walked out of the house. After a scheduled prayer break, MMA legislators Dr Waseem Akhtar and a few women came back to participate in the rest of the proceedings. |