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Parliament to have another heetie week

created Aug 4th 2020, 13:17 by MuhammadSalman1


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As the National Assembly is scheduled to resume its session on Aug 7 and the Senate is meeting on Wednesday (tomorrow), President Arif Alvi on Monday convened a joint sitting of parliament on Thursday to take up nearly a dozen legislations, including those required to be passed to fulfil some of the conditions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) against terrorism and the bills which had been passed by one house but could not get through the other house within the constitutional time frame of 90 days.
 
Special Senate session on Kashmir tomorrow
 
Talking to Dawn on Monday, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan said the main focus of the joint sitting would be on passing the FATF-related bills and some other legislations of national significance.
 
He said the joint sitting had been planned for one day, but it could be extended, if needed, till the passage of all FATF-related and other important legislations.
 
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