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ANI | Updated: Jun 18, 2021 9:19 PM IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): While Pakistani Energy Minister Hammad Azhar responded to harsh opposition criticism of the federal budget on Friday, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif and chairman of the Pakistani People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari staged a walkout from the National Assembly. Dawn reported that Azhar was speaking after Bilawal gave a loud speech on the House floor, claiming the government’s four percent growth figure was a “lie” and that he had abandoned the common man by causing unprecedented levels of inflation. “If you are not cowards, stay in your place and listen to what I have to say. If you have the strength to hear the truth, then listen to what I have to say,” said Azhar, but Shehbaz did not react and walk out of the house, followed by Bilawal.This comes after Shehbaz, the president of the Muslim League of Pakistan-Nawaz (PML-N) gave his budget speech yesterday, during which he criticized the government for inducing poverty and presenting “bogus budgets” over the course of three years. Shehbaz was finally able to finish his speech yesterday, after four days of chaos as lawmakers from the Treasury and opposition benches clashed, throwing copies of the budget and blasphemies at each other. Meanwhile, Bilawal blasted Pakistani government Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan for “abandoning” the Pakistani people in difficult times, adding that the ruling party could never realize the situation. difficult from the common man, Dawn reported. “They thought they could present their lie of four percent economic growth as the truth by using such antics […] this opposition would not have a chance to speak out and people would not realize that the whole budget is based on lies, “he said. [the government] must understand that the people do not need the speech of the opposition [for this realisation]. They are already drowning in the tsunami of inflation that the government has caused, ”added the PPP chairman. The opposition leader further pointed out that those suffering from the inflation caused by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan knew that the claim of four percent economic growth was a lie. Bilawal argued that the country had experienced an unprecedented rise in inflation, poverty and unemployment during the PTI rule and questioned the authenticity of the government’s claims to economic growth, Dawn reported.
He also said the government had proposed numerous indirect taxes in the 2021-22 fiscal year budget, which would further burden the population and worsen their suffering. the National Assembly in recent days. “Let’s try to figure out what happened. Imran Khan was injured. He was upset. Someone called him a donkey,” he remarked. He also claimed that the Prime Minister then sent “some of his friends” to the National Assembly to “mistreat the mothers and sisters of deputies and opposition leaders.” Addressing the President of the Assembly national Asad Qaiser, he said that the opposition would not let him forget that he did not play his part on the day and he should pay the “political price” for his inaction. “The world has seen how this government has disfigured this august forum and insulted the Pakistani people, ”he added.“ They [the government] were already an embarrassment for us and now they are an embarrassment for those who brought them [to power] This came after the National Assembly session adjourned on Tuesday after opposition parties attacked the Imran Khan government’s budget proposals, claiming it had failed to relieve the masses of unemployment and inflation. During the assembly session, the members of the Treasury created chaos on the floor and began to make noise and mistreat each other. Lawmakers have been seen fighting and throwing away copies of the budget. In a viral video on Twitter, House member Ali Nawaz Awan was seen using derogatory words after a discussion on a certain topic began. Federal Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stood next to his seat. Meanwhile, opposition parties in a letter to the speaker said: “It was the first time in the history of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and possibly history around the world that deputies Treasury and government ministers challenged the speaker and physically attacked the opposition. “The political situation in Pakistan h as chaotic over the recently adopted federal budget, which has been criticized by many opposition parties. (ANI)
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