ISLAMABAD: On Friday, sources told the Local News Media that the federal budget would be presented to the National Assembly in the first week of June.
They went on to say that the budget session will begin on June 1 and last for a month.
To ensure that the House completed its four-year parliamentary term, a session of the National Assembly would be held before the budget and soon after Eid.
Convening a session before the budget would bring the parliamentary days to a close.
According to the reports, the National Assembly’s next session would be held after Eid on May 9th.
They also stated that the current legislative year’s eighth session, which lasted eight days, will be postponed on May 16.
The current parliamentary year’s last session will take place from July 25 to August 5.
So far, seven sessions of the parliamentary year have been completed, totaling 81 days, according to the National Assembly calendar.
In a parliamentary year, the National Assembly is required by the Constitution to assemble for 130 days.
On September 3 of last year, PM’s aid Babar Awan announced the PTI-led government’s fourth parliamentary year would begin on the 13th of that month, and that the opening session of parliament would be conducted on that date at 11 a.m.
He noted that the Senate and the National Assembly would meet in a combined session on September 13 to celebrate the start of the fourth year of the current government with President Dr Arif Alvi’s address.
The PTI-led government’s third legislative year ended on August 12 without a thorough debate on the president’s address from August of last year. Despite the fact that the address had been on the agenda for weeks, a full discussion in the house could not take place until the last working day.
As a result, the motion of thanks, which stated: “This House expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the President of Pakistan for his address to both Houses assembled together on August 20, 2020,” was approved without speeches, revisions to the address, or a concluding speech by the government.
The third year’s last session ended with the extension of an ordinance – the Pakistan Civil Aviation Ordinance, 2021. According to reports, the government passed at least 18 ordinances in the third year, saving the government a significant amount of time, according to political experts.
However, the process obliterated the other parties’ contributions and varied points of view. As surprising as it may appear, the political utility of such legislation was demonstrated by the passage of 2,229 ordinances between 1947 and 2019.
