ISLAMABAD: Opposition's parliamentary session outside National Assembly started Wednesday morning. 

Members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Peoples Party among others are attending the session. 

Earlier, preparations were made for the parliamentary session outside the National Assembly. For the purpose, chairs were placed, carpets were rolled out and fans also been placed at different points. 

The session will be on the recently presented federal budget 2017-18.

On Tuesday, Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah boycotted the National Assembly session and announced to hold the next session outside the parliament.

The move came in response to the opposition?s reservations that their speeches over the federal budget were not given live coverage by the state broadcaster ? Pakistan Television.

Khursheed Shah had remarked, ?Opposition is steadfast on its demand that its budget speech should be given live coverage.?

Opposition announces to hold parliamentary session outside NA

The move came in response to opposition?s demand that opposition speech on budget should be given live coverage.

"Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani has set the right example in this regard. If the opposition?s speech in the Senate is broadcast live then why not in the National Assembly? he asked."

All opposition parties will gather outside the parliament tomorrow [Wednesday], he had said, adding that ?we will discuss all those issues which we are not supposed to raise inside the assembly.?