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NA session called on October 17
October 10, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (INP): National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday summoned a session of the Lower House on October 17.
The NA session will begin at 11am on next Wednesday in the Parliament House.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has called for a NA and Senate session at the Parliament House gate today (Thursday) over the arrest of opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif.
Reacting to the summoning of the NA session, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said the party will hold a meeting Thursday to protest against the date fixed for the session.
"We had requisitioned that a NA session be called soon, however, the NA speaker has summoned it on October 17," she lamented.
Former NA speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has also been meeting with leaders of opposition parties regarding holding sessions outside the assemblies.
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