Pakistan

Sharmila Farooqi's Burberry bag creates chaos in Sindh Assembly

Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani ordered staff to leave bag in bucket full of water

News Desk April 11, 2016

Sharmila Farooqui

All eyes were on Provincial minister Sharmila Farooqi's Burberry handbag in Sindh Assembly on Monday -- for all the wrong reasons.

The bag, worth hundreds of dollars, caused panic as members of the assembly feared it a bomb in it given that it was left unattended.

As a result, Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani ordered staff to leave the bag in water for some time.

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Although we are pretty certain there was not a bomb inside the bag, there would have been fireworks had Farooqi not returned in time to claim the designer bag.

Note to Sharmila: Not everybody looks at a Burberry tote the way you do.

COMMENTS (10)

Ali Athar | 8 years ago | Reply The foundation of this bag was laid by ex-chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Mr. Usman Farooqui. The story of corruption continues.

Naim Khan | 8 years ago | Reply Burberry hand bag come on, it may have been a gift, I'm sure she can afford it has we know our politicians are can buy anything from Surrey palace in UK, to apartments in park lane London.

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khudeja | 8 years ago | Reply Now as far as the chaos is concerned, all i see is a sense of calm and peace that prevails in the assembly while the man calmly walks up, collects the bag and waves it around. If one had to plant a bomb, would they really do it in a bag that cost a couple thousand dollars. In my opinion - a cheap mimic bag would be a much less heartless way of blowing up the assembly. Secondly, who knew that you could diffuse a bomb by soaking it. Lesson for all bomb squad people out there, forget the wires, just drown the thing in chullu bhar paani!

Raisani | 8 years ago | Reply She doesn't have an attractive personality, so poor she, trying to have some attention by these artificial things.

AZL | 8 years ago | Reply Oh My God she left an expensive bag unattended bought from our tax money.

Salim | 8 years ago | Reply I am going to do a 10 day boycott of your paper for wasting my time.

syed & syed | 8 years ago | Reply @Irshan Shah: She is not miss and have a husband She should concentrate to have a good family and show her charm to her husband.

Irshan Shah | 8 years ago | Reply That's all is left of Pakistan to talk and put in front page news such trivial thing as some ones bag Should ask miss farooqi where she got the money to buy 500 dollar bag And even she has the money should have better spend it on a good cause.

Nouman | 8 years ago | Reply Oh wow...so she is wears a burberry..hmm....the uniform for chavs. Its suits her just right

DevilHunterX | 8 years ago | Reply She looks a little special...

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