NA session adjourned due to lack of quorum

National Assembly Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani on Tuesday adjourned the proceedings of the lower house of parliament due to the lack of quorum till Friday 10:30am.

As the house proceedings commenced after the recitation of the verses from the Holy Quran, Naat and the national anthem, MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali expressed concern over attendance of lawmakers and pointed out the lack of quorum.

“Is this a joke that the house is empty of ministers and members,” Chitrali said. “The incumbent government was very enthusiastic to table a no-confidence motion but why is it not interested in running the house now?”

He said, “I submitted a calling attention notice but there was no one to respond.”

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The deputy speaker asked for the member-count, and adjourned the proceedings after finding out that the house was not in order.

It was the private members' day and the house was scheduled to take up 182 agenda items including 44 legislative proposals, 40 reports of various standing committees, five motions under Rule 259, two amendments in the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in National Assembly 2007, two calling attention notices and as many resolutions.