ISLAMABAD: Ruckus and sloganeering of members belonging to Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday led to the prorogation of the National Assembly session for indefinite period.
Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, an independent member of the National Assembly was speaking on point of order when PTI lawmakers started sloganeering which compelled the Deputy Speaker to read the prorogation order signed by President.
Earlier, speaking in the House, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi clarified that he did not receive a single penny from anyone.
He claimed that the forward bloc was on the card in PTI on that day which he foiled, and the time would prove it.
He went on to say that although PTI was a big party, its candidate always bagged hardly 2500 votes against me during the elections.
He returned to the House through securing over 90,000 votes.
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Earlier, The National Assembly and Senate approved important bills to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from seventeen to thirty-four, Islamabad High Court judges from nine to twelve and tenure of services chiefs from three year to five year.
Clause by clause, the NA and Senate approved the Army Act, Pakistan Air Force Act and Pak Navy Act 2024 Amendment Bills, which had been tabled by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in both houses of Parliament . to extend the tenure of all Services Chiefs.
