Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif were all smiles and laughs as the two leaders entered the National Assembly (NA) together after the session resumed on Monday.

Earlier, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), along with other opposition parties, boycotted the session after the party president Shehbaz Sharif was not produced on time by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The PML-N president was in the custody of NAB officials and it was the bureau’s responsibility to bring Shehbaz to the parliament on time. But, he was brought late and could not attend his party's parliamentary committee meeting.

“They did not want to bring me,” Sharif commented to reporters about the NAB team. Speaking on the floor of the assembly, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi called on the opposition to attend the session and present their stance.

“The treasury and opposition benches need to sit together and decide how the parliament will work,” Qureshi said. On October 26, NA Speaker Asad Qaiser issued production orders for Shehbaz so that he can attend today's National Assembly session.