ISLAMABAD: Former speaker of National Assembly (NA) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday has said that he tolerated taunts regarding ‘fake speaker’ with patience.

Addressing the session, Sadiq congratulated new speaker Asad Qaisar. He said that calling members of assembly as thieves hurts everyone.

The PML-N leader further vowed not to use any derogatory word for the speaker that was hurled at him during his tenure.