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Govt considers senate, NA sessions post-SC verdict on reserved seats

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Unity government has been considering calling the Senate and National Assembly meetings after Ashura Muharram, the PML-N sources claimed.

Law Minister Azam Tarar proposed to the PML-N leadership to call a meeting of both houses and PML-N senior leaders and MPs instructed to stay in Islamabad after Ashura.

The final decision to convene a meeting of the Senate and the National Assembly will be taken tomorrow (Monday) in a meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif

Sources claimed when the meeting is called, the decision related to specific seats will be discussed in both houses.

“The government is considering formulating a strategy with Parliament before the review appeal,” a government source claimed.

On Friday, the SC full bench declared the reserved seats for SIC to the PTI as a political party with an 8-5 majority verdict.

Following the Supreme Court verdict declaring the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) eligible for the reserved seats, it is poised to become the majority political party in parliament.

Sources say that the number of PTI lawmakers in the National Assembly is likely to be 92, as there are 84 members of the Sunni Alliance and eight independent.

After the PTI gets the 22 reserved seats it lost earlier, its strength in the Lower House is likely to swell up to 114 members.

On the other hand, there are 108 members of the PML-N in the National Assembly, PPP has 68, MQM 21, JUI-F eight, PML-Q five and IPP four members.

  • Internews Pakistan is an Islamabad-based news agency established in 1997.

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