Bureau Report
QUETTA: The budget Session in the Balochistan Assembly has started at least two hours later than scheduled time following hooliganism created by the opposition lawmakers in Baluchistan Assembly outside the house on Friday.
Earlier, at least three lawmakers, identified as Shakeela Dahwar (BNP), Babu Raheem (BNP) and Wahid Siddiqui (JUI), were injured as opposition members and their supporters blocked access to the Balochistan Assembly premises to prevent the presentation of the provincial budget for the new fiscal year. Scheduled for 4pm, the budget session could not commence as opposition members locked up the assembly gates and prevented administrative officials from opening the gates.
Following the administration’s failure to open the assembly building, negotiations were underway between Quetta Deputy Commissioner Aurangzeb Badini and opposition leader Advocate Malik Sikandar Khan.
Meanwhile, the opposition members and their supporters also clashed with police personnel, who attempted to disperse the crowd and open the gates so that the session could commence. A police armoured personnel carrier (APC) also crashed into the gate of the MPAs’ Hostel as it tried to clear the entry point.
