KARACHI
\nThe Sindh Assembly is likely to be dissolved along with National Assembly on August 9. Sources privy to the matter said that Sindh Assembly secretary has been tasked to complete all paper work regarding the dissolution of assembly by August 7.
\nThe last session of the existing provincial assembly is expected to be summoned in first week of August, they say. The development comes hours after it emerged that the National Assembly will be dissolved on August 08.
\nThe summary of dissolution of the lower house of the Parliament will be delivered to the President, sources said. \u201cIf the President kept the summary in pending, the assembly will stand dissolved in 48 hours as per the law,\u201d sources added.
\nPeople\u2019s Party, the ruling party in Sindh, has also agreed with the federal government to dissolve the provincial legislature along with the NA, sources said. Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has summoned the session of the Constitutional Committee on July 20.
\nThe session will consider over matters related to the approval of the election reforms law. All parliamentary parties\u2019 leaders have been invited to the session of the constitutional committee.
\nIt is to be mentioned here that the lower house of the Parliament will complete its five-year tenure on August 13. \u201cNo final decision yet made with regard to the dissolution of the National Assembly on August 08,\u201d Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has clarified.
\n\u201cReports about NA dissolution on August 08 are incorrect,\u201d she added. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other government ministers earlier said that the government\u2019s tenure will end by August 14 ending speculations that the ruling coalition was trying to extend its stay in power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI The Sindh Assembly is likely to be dissolved along with National Assembly on August 9. Sources privy to the matter said that Sindh Assembly secretary has been tasked to complete all paper work regarding the dissolution of assembly by August 7. The last session of the existing provincial assembly is expected to be summoned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-343944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n