LAHORE – Speaker of the Punjab Assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan suspended 26 members of the provincial assembly for violating parliamentary rules and causing disruption during a recent session.
The lawmakers have been suspended for 15 sittings after they were accused of chanting slogans, tearing documents, pushing fellow members, and creating chaos in the house. The Speaker described their actions as a serious breach of assembly conduct.
While addressing the matter, Speaker Ahmad Khan stressed that maintaining the sanctity and discipline of the assembly is non-negotiable. He acknowledged the opposition’s right to protest but said it must remain within constitutional and parliamentary limits.
Citing international parliamentary standards, the Speaker ruled the unruly behavior as unparliamentary. He said opposition lawmakers ignored repeated warnings and violated Rules 223 and 210 of the assembly procedures.
The suspended members include Malik Fahad Masood, Muhammad Tanveer Aslam, Syed Riffat Mehmood, Yasir Mehmood Qureshi, Kaleemullah Khan, Muhammad Ansar Iqbal, Ali Asif, and Zulfiqar Ali.
Other suspended lawmakers are Ahmad Mujtaba Chaudhry, Shahid Javed, Muhammad Ismail, Khayal Ahmad, Shahbaz Ahmad, Tayyab Rasheed, Imtiaz Mehmood, Ali Imtiaz, Sardar Rashid Tufail, Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal, Khalid Zubair Nisar, Chaudhry Muhammad Ijaz Shafi, Eman Kanwal, Muhammad Naeem, Sajjad Ahmad, Rana Aurangzeb, Shahbaz Amir, and Usama Asghar Ali Gujar.