ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) session was prorogued indefinitely without holding a debate on the expulsion of the French ambassador as the opposition members surrounded the speaker’s dais to register their protest. According to details, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri was presiding over the assembly session on Friday. PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal insisted the deputy speaker allow PPP leader Raja Ashraf to raise his point, but the deputy speaker rejected his plea. The opposition members encircled the speaker’s dais and raised slogans of “Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah and Tajdar Khatam Nabuwat (Peace Be Upon Him)”. The deputy speaker tried to calm down the opposition members but the animated parliamentarians were not ready to listen to him.

Source: Pakistan Today April 23, 2021 13:07 UTC