It was nothing different from Monday but this time the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNAs moved a bit further from their seats to encroach the podium and treasury space in the Lower House of parliament as they continued their in-house protest against the “convicted chief executive of the country” on Wednesday.
The PML-N parliamentarians started shouting anti-Gilani slogans at the very onset of the session after Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza gave the floor of the House to PML-N MNA Mrs Nisar Tanveer for a supplementary question.
In what may seem as bad luck of the ruling alliance, the first question printed on the “Questions for Oral Answers and their Replies” was from the PML-N female parliamentarian elected on a reserved seat which provided her an opportunity to ask about the SC order pertaining to the PM instead of asking a specific question.
As soon as she said “Yes the SC”, Dr Mirza cut her short asking for the next question followed by anti-Gilani slogans by the PML-N members. Some protesting MNAs including females sat on the podium while the remaining stood close to the chair of the Leader of the House to lodge their protest. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani did not turn up in the House anticipating rumpus.
“It [the session] is going live on the TV and you should take care of the sanctity of parliament,” Dr Mirza advised the protesting PML-N members who responded with a round of “Go Gilani Go” slogans. However, the speaker continued pursuing the question hour amidst noise and disorder in the House.
Abid Sher Ali of the PML-N took the lead in throwing the torn copies of the questions towards the podium followed by many others. “Corrupt government is unacceptable”, “Go Gilani Go”, the PML-N parliamentarians continued shouting until the speaker adjourned the proceedings for 15 minutes for Maghrab prayers.
As the House assembled after the break, the PML-N legislators welcomed the deputy speaker with the same kind of slogans but he vigorously pursued the “Orders of the Day” which included tabling of a number of bills.
However, he dropped the particular bills whose movers were from the PML-N as he declared them absent after finding no response from them despite the fact they were present and protesting in the House.
Doniya Aziz of the PML-Q walked out of the House in anger after the speaker obliged the stance of JUI-F’s Attaur Rehman and deferred “The Charter of Child Rights Bill, 2009” moved by the female parliamentarian and another bill “The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2012” for evolving a better consensus on the proposed legislation.