PML-Q lawmaker Tariq Bashir Cheema tendered apology to PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council’s MNA Zartaj Gul and she accepted it following an altercation between the two leaders in the National Assembly on Thursday.
The development came after NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq’s intervention into the matter as he resolved the issue in a dignified manner. Leader of the Opposition Omar Ayub Khan thanked the speaker for its role in the matter.
Earlier in the day, the lower house of the parliament witnessed pandemonium after the PML-Q’s Cheema, after concluding his speech on the assembly’s floor, suddenly moved towards PTI’s Gul and reportedly hurled cuss words at her.
Cheema lost his temper as Gul, during his speech, kept referring to Islamia University of Bahawalpur scandal. Following an altercation between Gul and Cheema, the former ruling party said that it was mulling to lodge a first information report against the latter. Cheema’s “inappropriate” remarks for Gull enraged the PTI lawmakers as they moved to the treasury benches to grab him but he was rescued by the MNAs from the ruling alliance.
