PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal bashed the government for "borrowing people from other agencies" instead of putting government officials to work.

Iqbal claimed that by engaging officials of the security forces, the government was "defaming the institution".

PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal speaks on the floor of the house. — DawnNewsTV
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal speaks on the floor of the house. — DawnNewsTV

Iqbal demanded the government to facilitate overseas Pakistanis who were stranded abroad and wished to return to Pakistan for Eid.

He further urged the government to beef up the health infrastructure and reinstate local body government in Punjab.

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