LAHORE
\nPunjab\u2019s Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Friday criticized Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for ongoing political chaos in the province.
\nSpeaking at Aiwan-i-Iqbal in Lahore, where a special assembly session had taken place to present provincial budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23, Hamza said the constitutional crisis in the province was unprecedented.
\nThe Punjab CM in his speech during the budget\u2019s concluding session congratulated all the PML-N and allies\u2019 lawmakers for their efforts in passing the provincial budget successfully. However, he said, he was not happy at the budget session being conducted in Aiwan-e-Iqbal instead of the Assembly building.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that Punjab\u2019s provincial budget session was held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal instead of the Assembly building. Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi \u2013 who is ally of the opposition PTI \u2013 had adjourned the assembly session several times.
\nTalking to the assembly members at Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Hamza Shehbaz charged the main opposition party in the assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), and Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi with violating the constitution. He continued, \u201cThe Speaker kept calling and calling adjourning assembly sessions, wasting public money.\u201d
\nHe asserted that the PTI government had even taken away the right to receive free medical care. But starting on July 1, 2022, residents of the province will be able to buy medicines at no cost at all Punjab hospitals, he said.
\nThe CM added that more services would be provided to the public through the health card.
\nHe believed that PTI leaders had only mentioned a \u201cbloody march\u201d to preserve their political standing. He claimed that PTI employees had harmed public property inside the Red Zone in defiance of Supreme Court (SC) orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Punjab\u2019s Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Friday criticized Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for ongoing political chaos in the province. Speaking at Aiwan-i-Iqbal in Lahore, where a special assembly session had taken place to present provincial budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23, Hamza said the constitutional crisis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-267945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n