VIDEO: Govt, Opposition hurl abuses at each other

The National Assembly on Tuesday was complete mayhem as Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif addressed the lower house.

Moments after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president started speaking, he was greeted with loud slogans and whistles from the treasury benches.

یہ ہے نیازی کی 22 سالہ جدوجہد اور دن رات کی انتھک کوششوں کا نتیجہ#SindhKaAwaamDostBudget pic.twitter.com/7JbIZ2FQPN

— 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐣 🪐 (@MairajPpp) June 15, 2021

Shehbaz continued his speech and questioned, “Imran Khan Niazi promised 10 million jobs. Where are those jobs?”

“Where are the $300bn that was supposed to be brought back to the country from abroad?”

Sharif said that PM Imran Khan’s claims of eliminating corruption from Pakistan were hollow.

He criticised the budget, saying that it had failed to provide relief to the masses amid spiraling unemployment and inflation.

Speaker Asad Qaiser kept interjecting, requesting lawmakers on the treasury benches to refrain from shouting while the Leader of the Opposition spoke.

Amidst the chaos, members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government were seen hurling books at the Opposition and vice versa.

Budget missiles being thrown in all directions pic.twitter.com/98z0Cad6qR

— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) June 15, 2021

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Ali Nawaz Awan can be seen in one video clip responding to abusive language by a PML-N lawmaker with expletives.

A woman lawmaker tried to pull the PTI MNA away from the group of legislators who were shoving each other. He can be seen in the video throwing a booklet at the PML-N leader and shouting angrily at him.

عمران صاحب کا اصل چہرہ ! عمران خان کے حکم کی تعمیل ہوتے ہوئے – سڑک یا کنٹینر پہ نہیں پارلیمان میں اللہ تعالیٰ کے ناموں کے نیچے pic.twitter.com/tHpHj4n2dy

— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) June 15, 2021

Twitterati condemned the chaos in parliament.

Today was one of the lowest points of Pakistan's parliamentary history. Democracy and parliament were defaced under instructions of those who selected the unworthy into the parliament. The Establishment would be very happy today. This was a planned attack on Pakistan's democracy.

— Mohsin Dawar (@mjdawar) June 15, 2021

Just watched the performance of Ali Awan, PTI MNA from Islamabad and special assistant to the PM, in the NA.

This behaviour is rewarded: by the media, by algorithms, and worst of all, by leaders.

Full marks to the engineers of #Dharna2014 for helping normalise this toxicity.

— Mosharraf Zaidi (@mosharrafzaidi) June 15, 2021

یہ ہے بجٹ کی کتاب کی عزت، اور پارلیمان کی توقیر

کل رات سپیکر قومی اسمبلی نے ضابط جاری کیا تھا۔ تو پھر کیسے توقع کی جائے کہ عام شہری قواعد و ضوابط کی پاسداری کریں گے۔ pic.twitter.com/e6OheAcyq2

— Amber Rahim Shamsi (@AmberRShamsi) June 15, 2021

جو طوفان بدتمیزی آج برپا کیا گیا اسمبلی میں اور غلیظ زبان اور الفاظ استعمال کئے گئے اس سب کو دیکھ کر سر شرم سے جھک گیا ہے۔ یہ ہیں ہمارے حکمران اور نمائندے؟ یہ لوگ تو تمیز سے بات نہیں کر سکتے ایک دوسرے سے، ہماری نمائندگی اور ملک کی ترقی کے لیے کیا کام کریں گے۔ ہوش کے ناخن لیں۔

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) June 15, 2021