PPP’s female MPAs walk out as House takes up Haleem Adil’s privilege motion
July 6, 2021
Female legislators of the treasury benches in the Sindh Assembly staged a walkout in protest on Monday as the House took up a privilege motion of the leader of the opposition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haleem Adil Sheikh, against the closure of gates of the assembly building last week, which barred the opposition legislators from attending the session.
The opposition leader dramatically appeared in the House to present his privilege motion for consideration, as otherwise the PTI legislators have been boycotting the assembly session to show solidarity with the eight MPAs of their party whose entry has been banned in the assembly hall following a recent ruckus in the House.
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KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday condemned the July 5, 1977 military coup of Gen Ziaul Haq terming it a black day through a unanimously passed resolution as members of all five opposition parties Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Grand Democratic Alliance, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan opted to stay away from the proceedings.
The PTI had already boycotted the proceedings, but Leader of the Opposition Haleem Adil Shaikh attended the sitting briefly and left swiftly after Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani ruled out of order his privilege motion against police and security staff for “not allowing” him to enter the assembly on Friday.