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April 30, 2020

Convening of NA session: 58 more sittings needed to meet constitutional requirement

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly faces the challenge of meeting for another 58 working days up to Aug 31 to fulfill the mandatory constitutional requirement of having 130 sittings in a parliamentary year, when COVID-19 is ravaging.“The issue was raised in the deliberations of the bipartisan committee headed by Federal Minister Syed Fakhar Imam on Wednesday and April 21,” a participant told The News. “It was urged that the National Assembly session should be called without further...