Several politicians condemned the attack on Punjab Assembly acting speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari during the assembly session on Saturday.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to his official Twitter handle to say that the attack on deputy speaker inside the Punjab Assembly by the PTI and PML-Q lawmakers must be condemned in strongest terms possible. He termed it a “blatant display of violence and hooliganism”. The premier accused former prime minister Imran Khan of inciting violence and attacking democracy due to personal “desperation”.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari believed the chaos was an attack on courts, “who had ruled he [Sardar Dost Mazari] conduct elections today”. The PPP leader furthered that the scenes in the Punjab Assembly were an attack on “our democracy, an attack on our Constitution, an attack on our federation, and an attack on the people of South Punjab”.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz also harshly condemned the act stating, “it is the first duty of every Pakistani to eradicate this hooliganism and rage from PTI.” The leader expressed that “such culture” was dangerous for the country and must be eradicated. “People of Punjab, recognise their faces!” she stated.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry stated that the event in the Punjab Assembly demonstrated that the country is “inches away from full fledged civil unrest”.
PTI leader Azhar Mashwani also tweeted regarding the incident. “After being elected on a PTI ticket and enjoying the position for three and a half years, he is now sold to PML-N.”
He wrote, “such people should have shoes thrown at them, not necklaces.”
PML-Q’s Moonis Elahi also shared a video of a ‘concerned’ PML-N MPA.
PML-N’s Rana Mashhood was accused of inciting violence against Elahi.
PTI’s Senator Ijaz Chaudhry denounced police action in Punjab Assembly.
