The Senate and National Assembly have rescheduled their sessions for Monday, the official Twitter accounts of the two Houses of parliament said.
The bill of extension in the service term of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and other services chiefs will be tabled in the NA and the Senate on Monday.
The National Assembly session that was scheduled to be held today (Saturday) at 11:00 am will now be held at 4pm on Monday. The Senate session will be held at 3pm on the same day.
It is to be mentioned here that the draft of Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2020 was approved by the standing committees for defence of the both Houses of parliament on Friday.
The sessions of the standing committees of the Lower and Upper Houses were chaired by Captain (r) Jameel and Senator Waleed Iqbal, where the bill was presented.
The parliamentary committee for defence unanimously approved the amendment bill.
Government Senator Azam Swati said the draft bill was neither opposed by any political party nor any amendment was presented in the session. He said Federal Minister for Law Farogh Naseem briefed the legal aspects of the draft bill, which was unanimously approved by the all members of the committees.
The government had earlier decided to table a draft bill for amendment in the constitution and the Army Act to pave the way for a three-year extension in Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure in Wednesday’s session of the National Assembly.
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