Major Legislative Preparations in Parliament, Decision to Convene Joint Session of Parliament on August 28 – Pakistan

The government decided to call a joint session of the Parliament, while the number game in constitution-making became important again.

According to the sources, the federal government has decided to call a joint session of the Parliament on August 28 and in this regard, the members of the National Assembly and the Senate have been informed about the joint session.

Sources say that all members of parliament have been instructed to ensure attendance in the joint session, while the agenda of the joint session of parliament has not been revealed yet.

Bills not approved by the National Assembly and the Senate will be approved in the joint session of the Parliament.

Some bills were approved by the Senate but not by the National Assembly, while some bills were approved by the National Assembly but not by the Senate, all such bills will now be approved by the joint session.

The meeting of the National Assembly was convened on August 26 at 5 pm

In the meeting, the Election Act and new legislation regarding reserved seats are also likely to be approved by the joint meeting.

On the other hand, the number game once again became important in constitution-making, the government coalition does not have a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, the government coalition has 210 members in the House of 336, while the opposition has 103 members, while 23 specific seats are yet to be decided. .

The number game changed with the sitting of JUI(F) in the opposition in the upper house, the number of the ruling alliance in the Senate was reduced to 59, the number of the opposition alliance increased from 21 to 26, the number of 64 members in the Senate for constitutional amendment. Support is required.