PTI MNA Gohar Ali Khan termed yesterday, which marked Shehbaz Sharif’s election as the prime minister, a “sad day for democracy”.

Speaking in the National Assembly, Gohar said, “None of us has imagined that such a person will be elected, the button of Pakistan’s atomic power will be handed over to someone who does not have a public mandate and has been in power for four decades, which are a living documentation of their personal gains.”

Referring to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, he said, “He has buried his grandfather’s politics. He does not become Bhutto by adding Bhutto to his name.”

The treasury then erupted into an uproar, at which the deputy speaker gave the floor to PML-N’s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. Ashraf then asked, “If we have to continue matters like this, then will anyone think that we are fulfilling the purpose for which we have come?

“We have already incurred a lot of losses. […] If you would say something wrong about someone’s leader, then they would also not spare your leader.”