Islamabad :
The Speaker announced to adjourn the sitting till 4 pm on Monday, March 28 without initiating normal proceedings due to which no no-confidence motion could be moved today.
At the beginning of the meeting, Fateha was offered for the deceased National Assembly Member Khayal Zaman, former President Rafiq Tarar, late Senator Rehman Malik and martyrs of Peshawar mosque blast.
Speaker Asad Qaiser said that it is a parliamentary tradition that if any member of the National Assembly dies, the agenda of the meeting is adjourned till the next day, this has been happening for years and it has happened 24 times in the past.
Later, the Speaker announced to adjourn the sitting till 4 pm on Monday, March 28, without initiating the usual proceedings, due to which no-confidence motion could not be moved today.
On the other hand, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, who had told Dawn that there was no plan to adjourn the session, later said in a tweet that nothing would happen in today’s session of the Assembly.
A bill regarding the establishment of South Punjab Province was presented to the Speaker.
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi presented a constitutional amendment bill for the establishment of South Punjab province to Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser. Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Soori was also present on the occasion. Should be included in the agenda of Monday’s National Assembly session.
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, at the request of the Foreign Minister, directed to include this South Punjab Constitutional Amendment Bill in the agenda of Monday’s meeting.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the formation of South Punjab province is part of the manifesto of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). On the directive, I have submitted the Constitutional Amendment Bill, after the approval of the Ministry of Law, in the service of the Speaker of the National Assembly. Has completed
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It should be noted that despite the inclusion of the no-confidence motion in the agenda of the meeting, it was not possible to present it for discussion today.
According to a report, the National Assembly Secretariat had yesterday issued a 15-point ‘Order of the Day’ which included a no-confidence motion but the idea was that due to the death of National Assembly member Khayal Zaman, Could not be processed.
It is a parliamentary tradition that in the first sitting of the lower house after the death of a member of the National Assembly, only the deceased is offered Fateha and tributes are paid by fellow members.
It may be recalled that the opposition had submitted recusal on March 8 to convene a meeting of the National Assembly and under the Constitution the Speaker is required to convene a meeting within 14 days but he did not convene a meeting on the 14th day ie March 21 which was convened today. Is.
In addition, voting takes place within at least 3 to 7 days after the motion is tabled in the House.
