LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan on Saturday restored the membership of 11 opposition members.

The speaker in June last had suspended the membership of 11 PTI/SIC from attending the next 15 sittings of the House for resorting to “rowdyism” during the speech of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

These lawmakers are Zulfikar Ali, Shehbaz Ahmed, Muhammad Atif, Tayyab Rashid, Imtiaz Mahmood, Hafiz Farhat Abbas, Ejaz Shafi, Rana Aurangzeb, Shoaib Amir, Osama Asghar Ali Gujjar and Asad Abbas.

They had allegedly used non-parliamentary and abusive language against the chief minister when she was recounting the achievements of her first 100-day rule in the province on the conclusion of the budget approval process.

On Saturday on the recommendation of the PA Committee of Ethics, Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan restored the membership of the suspended opposition lawmakers.

Published in Dawn, August 11th, 2024