ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNA Ghazala Saifi today got an FIR registered against MNA Shagufta Jumani of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) who slapped her (Ghazala Saifi) during the National Assembly session on Thursday when the mini-budget was presented in the parliament.
The PTI MNA Ms Saifi said that Shagufta Jumani slapped her after she took her placard. “I have registered an FIR against her today in Islamabad,” Ghazala Saifi said.
PTI MNA said that it was the joint responsibility of the lawmakers to protect the sanctity of the Parliament, however, the opposition was bent on damaging the image of a sacred institution.
Amid a noisy session of the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon due to protesting opposition lawmakers, a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) legislator Shagufta Jumani slapped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Ghazala Saifi before the speaker’s dice.
On Thursday (Dec 30), the federal government has tabled supplementary finance bill (mini-budget) alongside other amended laws in the National Assembly today in which the opposition lawmakers came face-to-face to the government legislators to stop the proceedings of the Lower House.
The opposition lawmakers besieged the speaker’s dice during the NA session to disrupt the assembly’s proceedings for the mini-budget. A PPP lawmaker Shagufta Jumani slapped PTI MNA Ghazala Saifi after they exchanged harsh words during the NA session. The treasury and opposition lawmakers were seen pushing each other during the NA speeches.
