Ruckus in NA over Karachi power outages, Uzair Baloch JIT report.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly descended into chaos on Thursday after the government and opposition members scuffled over Karachi's power outages, K-Electric's incompetence and the controversial Uzair Baloch Joint Investigative (JIT) report.

Protests erupted after a war of words ensued between female Pakistan People's Party (PPP) lawmakers and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members during Asad Umar's speech.

Female lawmakers from the PPP surrounded the speaker's dais after Ayub and PTI lawmaker Aslam Khan allegedly used inappropriate words directed at them during the session.

The argument started when a call for attention notice was presented in the assembly by PPP over the unannounced load shedding in Karachi by KE. Protests started after a war of word ensued between Ayub and Khan against the female lawmakers of the House.

The tensions showed no signs of stopping even after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri urged the PTI lawmaker to not speak to female lawmakers this way.

'Women, whether they are from the government or opposition, are to be respected,' said Suri.

Upon the deputy speaker's request, PTI lawmaker Khan apologised to the lawmakers and stated that he did not target anyone neither did he take anyone's name.

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