The adversarial style of women Punjab Assembly members went a step ahead on Thursday as members of either side traded blows and fisticuffs with each other.Violence broke out when Pakistain Mohammedan League-Q politicians protested ban on their colleague, Seemal Kamran, from attending the session. They gathered in front of Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal's rostrum and interrupted the proceedings, when he began proceedings for the approval of the Punjab Finance Bill 2012.
Opposition members of the Pakistain People's Party also joined the protest and began chanting 'Lathi goli ki sarkar nahi chale gi'. The fierce protest forced the assembly staff to leave their chairs. Later, these moveable chairs were used as weapons by the members who hurled them at each other.
A PML-N politician also slapped a PML-Q member. PPP's Amjad Meo and Sheikh Mumtaz exchanged the fisticuffs for a while.