Opposition stage strong protest, tear budget copies

Islamabad: The opposition members on Wednesday staged a protest, chanting slogans of "Go Nawaz Go" and surrounding the Speaker's dais during the budget session of the National Assembly.

 Opposition members tore up copies of the agenda and threw them into the air.

Parliamentary leader of the Sunni Ittehad Council and Zartaj Gul recorded footage of the protest while Jamshed Dasti shouted loudly in the assembly.

The opposition also chanted “Go Shehbaz Go” and  “Shame on you,’  and blew whistles and horns in the assembly.

Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Hanif Abbasi, and Malik Sohail formed a protective circle around the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.