National Assembly to hold maiden session on Feb 29 at 10 am

National Assembly to hold maiden session on Feb 29, tomorrow, at 10 am

The National Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday notified for the maiden session of the legislative.

“National Assembly session to begin at 10 am tomorrow [Thursday],” the notification read.

The inaugural session of the assembly will first see all the lawmakers take oath.

While 60 seats are reserved for women and 10 for minorities in the 336-member house.

Raja Pervez Ashraf will preside over the session as the incumbent speaker retains his place until a successor is elected.

It was reported earlier in the day, that Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi visited the National Assembly Secretariat and reviewed arrangements for the inaugural session of the National Assembly.

According to the Constitution, President Arif Alvi was obligated to convene a new session of the National Assembly within 21 days of the Feb 8 general elections, which marks Feb 29 as the deadline.

However, after the President’s Office declined to sign the summary to convene the maiden session, Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has summoned a session of the newly-elected National Assembly tomorrow.