National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. Photo: Radio Pakistan
The decision is said to make the non-legislative business of assembly functional and would facilitate the Standing Committees, Public Accounts Committee, Parliamentary and Special Committees to conduct meetings through video-link.
The Information Technology Wing of the National Assembly Secretariat has been mandated to provide video-conferencing facilities in committee rooms of the Parliament house.
‘Be ready’ as virus cases may rise, PM tells doctors
The decision of holding meeting through video-conferencing had been taken to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
The nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients soared past 4,780 with 2,336 cases in Punjab, 1,214 in Sindh, 656 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 220 in Balochistan, 215 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 113 in Islamabad, and 34 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed 71 lives while at least 760 coronavirus patients have recovered.
The number of cases has continued to soar despite the country being under lockdown for the third consecutive week.
The situation remains fluid and we’re updating stats as soon as new figures are officially released.
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