Spokesman Report

Islamabad:The federal government has put off plans for the constitutional amendment for the time being after failing to gather the numbers required.

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq adjourned on Sunday the session over a controversial constitutional amendment till 12:30 pm on Monday. The late-night lower house of Parliament session was convened after hours-long delay, owing to the treasury and opposition lawmakers’ meetings with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to get his support for the legislation.

However, a copy of the NA’s agenda for Monday revealed that the amendment was not part of the three items today. The Senate session was also postponed indefinitely

The NA session was convened briefly on Sunday night. Later, PML-N lawmaker Bilal Azhar Kayani moved a motion related to suspending the question hour and call attention notices for the September 15 and 16 sessions.

When the speaker called for a vote on the motion, the majority of the lawmakers voted in favour of the motion as none of the constitutional amendments were tabled during the minutes-long session.

In a similar development, the Senate session was also adjourned till Monday 12:30 pm.