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Summary Ruckus continues in Punjab assembly over the issue of new provinces for the 2nd consecutive day.
Government and opposition leaders exchanged harsh words during Tuesday’s session of the Punjab Assembly.The session was chaired by Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal and started after a delay of one and half hour.Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmaker Shaukat Basra demanded that the assembly speaker nominate a list of legislators for a commission to carve out southern Punjab as a separate province.Basra also threatened to disrupt the session if his demands remained unmet.Opposition lawmakers chanted slogans advocating the creation of a southern Punjab province.“The southern Punjab province will be created,” they chanted during the session.During the session, Rana Iqbal said that the issue of establishing the commission for new provinces should be taken up in Punjab as it has been in other regions.The Punjab assembly’s speaker said that the government and opposition leaders attend the sessions to provide news to the media. Objecting to speaker’s statement, opoosition remarked that the issue of new provinces was significant and they will not allow to carry out the proceddings until they were allowed to discuss the matter.The continuing ruckus prompted the assembly’s speaker to postpone the proceedings until 10 am tomorrow (Aug 29).
