Tensions between PML-N and PPP escalated after PPP leaders asked Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz to "rethink her tone" over water rights and flood relief. PPP boycotted parliament, while Qamar Zaman Kaira and others criticised Maryam's remarks. Punjab minister Azma Bokhari defended her, accusing PPP
Azma Bokhari's verbal attack came following PTI's continuous persistence on holding a rally at Islamabad's D-Chowk on Friday, despite Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi's cautioning.