ISLAMABAD – National Assembly on Tuesday postponed a meeting of parliamentary leaders to get a briefing from military officials on national security.
The meeting was called by NA Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday (November 11) and now it has been delayed without announcing new date for it.
A tweet shared by the NA Secretariat said, “The session of parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and Senate under National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Nov 11 postponed”.
اسپیکر قومی اسمبلی اسد قیصر کی زیرِ صدارت قومی اسمبلی اور سینیٹ میں پارلیمانی رہنماؤں کا مورخہ 11 نومبر کو ہونے والا اجلاس ملتوی.
اجلاس میں قومی سلامتی کے امور پر بریفنگ ہونی تھی۔
قومی اسمبلی سیکرٹیریٹ نے اجلاس کے ملتوی ہونے کا نوٹس جاری کر دیا ہے@RadioPakistan @appcsocialmedia— National Assembly 🇵🇰 (@NAofPakistan) November 10, 2020
On Monday, it was announced that PTI’s Parliamentary leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PML-N’s Khawaja Asif, PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, MMA’s Asad Mahmood and PML-Q’s Tariq Bashir Cheema have been sent invitations to attend the meeting.
The speaker has also invited MQM’s Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddqui, BNP-M’s Akhtar Mengal, and BAP’s Khalid Hussain Mangi.
The NA also said that invitations have been sent out to GDA’s Ghous Bakhsh Khan Mehar, Awami Muslim League’s Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and ANP’s Amir Haider Azam Khan.
Mushahidullah Khan, Sherry Rehman, Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Mir Akber Ahmed, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haderi, Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, Sirajul Haq, Sitara Ayaz, Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, Anwar ul Haq Kakar and Aurangzeb Khan are among the senators, who have been invited.
The NA also extended invitation to federal ministers and special assistants to the prime minister.
Pervaiz Khattak, Ijaz Ahmed Shah, Ali Amin Gandapur, Shafqat Mahmood, Asad Umar, Shibli Faraz are among the federal ministers while PM’s adviser Babar Awan and SAPM Dr Moeed Yusuf have also been asked to attend the session.
The NA speaker has sent special invitations to Attorney General Khalid Javed, interim CM of GB Mir Afzal, AJK President Masood Khan and AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider.