President to address joint session on March 2

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will address a joint sitting of both houses of parliament on Monday (March 2) to mark the beginning of the third parliamentary year of the National Assembly.

According to the sources, the government has decided to call a joint sitting of parliament on March 2, at 3:00 pm in the National Assembly Hall.

Under the Constitution, the President Addresses Parliament at the start of the first session after a general election and at the beginning of each new parliamentary year of the National Assembly.

This will be President Zardari’s third annual address to the current Parliament and his eighth overall. He had earlier addressed the National Assembly five times in 2009.

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