ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the session of the National Assembly on Friday (April 19) at 10:30 am.
The president summoned the session of the National Assembly in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 54(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
It is pertinent to mention here that a joint session of the Parliament will be held on Thursday (tomorrow) at four pm. President Asif Ali Zardari will address the joint sitting of the parliament.
Under Article 56 (3) of the Constitution, the President shall address a joint session of Parliament at the commencement of the parliamentary year after general elections.
This will be President Asif Ali Zardari’s record seventh address to the joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate. During his five-year stint in the Presidency from 2008 to 2013, he had already addressed the parliament six times.
