Ruckus mars Punjab Assembly as opposition chant slogans against Elahi.

The Punjab Assembly session witnessed pandemonium on Tuesday as the opposition accosted and chant slogans against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lead Punjab government and Chief Minister Parvez Elahi over the persistent vote of confidence and assembly dissolution issue.

The session started with a delay of 3 hours and 3 minutes under the chairmanship of the Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan. Opposition parties right after the start of the session turned their guns at treasury benches by chanting slogans against the Punjab government and also tore copies of the agenda. At one point, opposition lawmakers also surrounded the speaker's dais.

Speaking in the assembly amid the ruckus, PML-N lawmaker Rana Mashhood took a jibe at the ruling PTI saying that after 4 years, the implementation of the rules started after the verdict of the Lahore High Court (LHC).

He added that vote of confidence is Punjab CM's constitutional right but he has not required numbers.

Responding to PML-N leader, Mian Mahmoodur Rashid criticized Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan sitting in the lobby for interfering in proceedings saying that despite their tactics, Parvez Elahi will take a confidence vote with the majority.

After witnessing high temperature, Speaker Sibtain Khan adjourned session till 3 pm tomorrow (January 11).

Earlier, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) top brass including Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Special Assistant Ata Tarar accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Punjab government of barring opposition legislators from entering the Punjab Assembly premises.

Addressing a presser outside the Lower House, Rana Sanaullah flanked by other party leaders said that security agencies were also told not to let them (PML-N leaders) enter the assembly, adding that however, they refused to follow the "illegal"...