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Summary Fifteen PPP MNAs walked out of NA in protest against agricultural tax.
The incident took place during the speech of Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh. Khursheed Shah held meeting with N-League’s boycotting lawmakers and brought them back. The PPP MPs had reservations over the proposed agriculture tax. PPP’s chief whip Khursheed Shah and PML-N chief whip Sheikh Aftab and Mehtab Abbasi held talks with each other. After the dialogue PML-N revoked its decision to protest during the speech of finance minister. This decision was taken after government assurance of not thwarting PML-N’s cut motions.
