Uproar as federal ministers enter Punjab Assembly as guests.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed ruckus as both the treaAsury and opposition benches clashed on the assembly floor over the issue of trust vote of the chief minister.

The opposition memAbers surrounded the Speaker's dice in a bid to halt the house proAceeding as they mainAtained that the proAceeding will be illegal unless the chief minisAter takes a vote of confiAdence. The treasury, on the other hand, insisted that CM will not seek the vote of confidence on the dictation of the opposition.

In the meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Special Assistant to PM Atta Tarar entered in the guest gallery to witness the proceeding and the PML-N MPAs started chanting slogans of 'Dekho Dekho Kon Aya.... Sher Aya Sher Aya' to welcome their senior leadAers. The sloganeering was so loud that it became realAly difficult for Speaker Sibtain Khan to run the House. The PML-N lawmakers also chanted slogans against the PTI chairman Imran Khan for selling precious watches from Toshakhana at throw away prices.

The opposition legislators assembled in front of the Speaker's dais and kept chanting slogans, 'Aitmad Ka Vote Lo' (Seek the Vote of Confidence).

PML-N lawmaker Rana Mashhood asserted that the government had lost the majority in the Assembly, and it was because of this that the CM was avoiding seekAing the trust vote. He threw a challenge on the PTI and PML-Q to take a vote of confidence in today's sitting. He claimed that the treasury did not have the required numbers and were using delaying tactics in seeking...

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