Ruckus erupts in Senate session, opposition stage walkout

Islamabad: Opposition staged walkout during a session in upper house of the Parliament, Senate on Wednesday following a heated exchange of words between the government and the opposition.

According to details, the opposition leaders surrounded the dais of Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and chanted slogans against the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

The Senate chairman directed the opposition members to go back to their seats and peacefully record their protest.

Addressing the House, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said that the incumbent government of PTI has not sent the money of the nation to Panama or Swiss Banks. Imran Khan neither commits corruption nor allows anyone else, he added.

The state minister said that those who raised the slogan of ‘Roti, Kapra or Makaan’ have done nothing for the people of Pakistan.

He said that traffic police in Islamabad is taking strict measures against the violators. He said safe city cameras are also active in this regard and E-Challans are issued to violators.

To another question, Ali Muhammad Khan said the government has introduced a fifteen hundred billion rupees project, Kamyab Pakistan Program, to uplift the poor segment of the society.