Lahore: 26 members of the assembly have been suspended by speaker Punjab Assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan for serious violations of parliamentary rules and regulations.

According to notification 26 members of assembly have been suspended for 15 sessions.

They have been accused of violating rules seriously, disorderly behavior in the house, tearing agenda papers, chanting slogans, and disrupting proceedings. It was decided to take action under Rule 210 of the assembly regulations.

The speaker PA said sanctity of house and disciplined will be maintained at every cost. Rules 210, 223 were violated. Stern action is must against those involved in disrupting proceedings of the house.

The suspended members of assembly are Malik Fahad Masood, Muhammad Tanveer Aslam, Syed Riffat Mehmood, Yasir Mehmood Qureshi, Kaleemullah Khan, Muhammad Ansar Iqbal, Ali Asif, Zulfiqar Ali, Ahmad Mujtaba Chaudhry, Shahid Javed, Muhammad Ismail, Khayal Ahmad, Shahbaz Ahmad, Tayyab Rasheed, Imtiaz Mehmood, Ali Imtiaz, Rashid Tufail, Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal, Khalid Zubair Nisar, Chaudhry Muhammad Ijaz Shafi, Eman Kanwal, Muhammad Naeem, Sajjad Ahmad, Rana Aurangzeb, Shahbaz Amir, and Usama Asghar Ali Gujar.