MQM walks out of Sindh Assembly over ruckus with deputy speaker

By
Kamran Razi
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KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly’s session on Friday was disrupted when a ruckus broke out between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA Saifuddin Khalid and Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, resulting in MQM staging a walkout from the session in protest.

The commotion started when the MQM said it wanted to talk about public issues and share its grievances, but was cut short by Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, who was also chairing today’s session.

“Why are we not allowed to discuss our grievances? Why are our privilege motions bulldozed?” the MQM protested.

MQM MPA Saifuddin Khalid complained that he was not being allowed to talk about the issues.

Shehla Raza, in response, instructed MPA Saifuddin Khalid to follow the guidelines.

“I will not entertain your ‘call attention’ notices,” she warned. “Get out of the session if you can’t read them!”

She then shut down the opposition’s microphones, prompting the MQM MPAs to stage a walkout from the assembly.