Asifa Bhutto took oath as a member

In the session of the National Assembly, the newly elected member of the National Assembly Asifa Bhutto took the oath of membership of the House.

Speaker Qaumi Ayaz Sadiq took the oath of Assembly member Asifa Bhutto, he also congratulated Asifa Bhutto on taking the oath.

After taking the oath, Aseefa Bhutto also signed the roll of members.

During Asifa Bhutto’s swearing-in, the members of the Sunni Ittehad Council protested, the members of the Sunni Ittehad Council raised slogans, the government members walked out of the House, and the members of the People’s Party also walked out of the House.

Meanwhile, the members of the Sunni Unity Council pointed out that the National Assembly did not have a quorum, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq directed to count the members in the National Assembly.

As the quorum was not met, the speaker adjourned the meeting of the National Assembly for an indefinite period.

It should be noted that Asifa Bhutto, the daughter of President Asif Zardari, was declared unopposed from National Assembly Constituency NA-207 Nawabshah last month.

All the candidates once morest him in the by-elections had withdrawn in his favor, the NA-207 seat had become vacant following Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the President of Pakistan.

The meeting of the National Assembly called on the proposal of the opposition is going on, the 7-point agenda of which was issued.

In the meeting, issues related to the construction of Bharti Shahpur Kundi barrage on the Ravi River and shortage of Uriyakhad will be discussed.

Additionally, the Foreign Minister will present the Apostolic Ordinance 2024 in the House, the Finance Minister will present the National Finance Commission July-December report, while the Law Minister will present the 2022 report of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

It should be noted that yesterday President Asif Zardari called a joint session of the Parliament on April 18. This will be his first address at the joint session at the beginning of the parliamentary year.

Last month, Asif Ali Zardari, the nominee of the ruling coalition, was elected president for the second time, having previously held the post for five years in 2008.