Dacoits’ raj begins in Punjab at sunset

Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly staged a walk out from the House on Tuesday for being not allowed to speak on the deteriorating law and order situation in the province.While raising the slogans of “Shame Shame”, the opposition members said the situation in the province has gone from bad to worse but no one was ready to listen to the views of the elected representatives. They said no body from the provincial government was ready to respond to the opposition demands and in their place speaker starts giving his opinion.Leader of the Opposition, Raja Riaz said that as night falls in Punjab, dacoits become active and start ruling the entire province.Speaking on a point of order, he said that the provincial chief minister was absent in this situation and taunted that perhaps he has gone to Turkey. Raja Riaz said there is no government worth its name and police have failed.He said 14 people were killed in Gujranwala during broad day light while seven others were murdered in Lalamusa. He opined that bribe rate at police stations has increased ten times.At this Law Minister Raana Sanaullah stood up and said they would tell the opposition where the corruption has increased by 10% and 110%. He said those who plundered the national wealth were disturbing the atmosphere in the house to divert people’s attention from their own corruption.When Raja Riaz again tried to speak, the speaker did not give him the floor. This infuriated the opposition and some of the PPP and PML-Q members walked out of the house. However, opposition seemed divided over the walkout issue as some of their colleagues remained sitting and raising slogans against the behaviour of the treasury benches.While Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal in a louder voice asked the opposition to return to their seats, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah held the speaker responsible for the situation by not allowing the opposition to speak.