ISLAMABAD A scuffle broke out between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Murad Saeed and Pakistan Muslim League’s Javed Latif after a National Assembly session on Thursday.
According to media reports, Saeed was asked to speak over an issue in the assembly. He raised the issue of Pukhtuns being mistreated in Punjab and lashed out at the statements made by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah against tribal people.
However, Saeed was interrupted by Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi, asking him to cut his speech short. This infuriated Saeed who responded by asking if there exists a new law which required him to finish speaking within two minutes.
The deputy speaker told the PTI lawmaker to not create an unpleasant environment in the assembly hall and eventually switched his mic off. In response to this, Saeed and other PTI lawmakers stood up in protest. Later, Saeed’s mic was switched on and he was given a few minutes to speak.
Later on, outside the assembly hall, PML-N’s Javed Latif criticised PTI Chairperson Imran Khan’s statements against foreign players who had come to Pakistan to play the final match of Pakistan Super League 2. Latif said even Imran had used harsh words against a group of people which made him an equal culprit of hate speech as Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain.
Even after the session was adjourned, Saeed and Latif continued their argument outside the hall. The heated debate led to a scuffle between the two.
