Athletics at Sindh Assembly: PTI MPAs jump gate after being denied entry

What happened : PTI MPAs climbed the Sindh Assembly gate to enter the premises after guards denied them entry on directions of the speaker yesterday. What you need to know: Yesterday, PTI legislators had interrupted the assembly session when the opposition leader, Haleem Adil Sheikh, was denied the right to address the assembly before his turn. Consequently, the opposition lawmakers made a hullabaloo by bringing a charpayi into the House. They signified the charpayi as the “funeral of democracy.” The incident was met with disapproval from the treasury benches.

Today: At least eight opposition lawmakers from PTI were denied entry in the Sindh Assembly. The order was given due their “disorderly conduct damaging the sanctity of the House” during yesterday’s session. As a result party leaders staged a protest outside the Sindh assembly’s gate. During the protest, at least three MPAs climbed the assembly gate to enter the Assembly building. Meanwhile, the opposition continued protesting outside the assembly and chanting slogans against the PPP government. Federal Minister for Shipping and Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi condemned the “fascist behavior of the PPP government in the Sindh Assembly”. “The conditions of the Sindh Assembly we have seen in the budget session, the way the budget was passed through thuggery […] the opposition leader did not give a speech, opposition parliamentarians were not allowed into the Assembly, the way female MPAs were pushed and misbehaved with — I strongly condemn that,” He added in his video message. Aftermath: As a result of the rumpus, the opposition leader from PTI, Firdaus Shamim Naqvi, resigned while speaking to media outside the assembly. He stated that he could take “the streets to lodge his protest.” “I announce to resign from my seat (PS-101, Karachi East-III) due to behaviour of the Sindh government and I have submitted my resignation on the floor of the House,” he stated. Chaudhary Fawad Hussain also showed his outrage in a tweet stating that not allowing opposition MPAs to enter the provincial assembly was the “worst dictatorship”.