NA session on national security postponed

A parliament briefing session on national security has been postponed, the National Assembly said in a statement on Tuesday.

According to a tweet from the NA’s official account, the meeting of parliamentary leaders from the upper and lower house, to be chaired by NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, was scheduled for tomorrow. However, it has now been postponed.

"The NA Secretariat has issued a notification to adjourn the meeting," it added.

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Military officials were supposed to brief both the upper and lower houses of the parliament on Wednesday.

Invitations were sent to PTI’s Parliamentary leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PML-N’s Khawaja Asif, PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, MMA’s Asad Mahmood and PML-Q’s Tariq Bashir Cheema, NA informed via tweet.

Furthermore, BNP-M’s Akhtar Mengal, MQM’s Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddqui and BAP’s Khalid Hussain Mangi were also invited.

From Senate, Mushahidullah Khan, Sherry Rehman, Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Mir Akber Ahmed, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haderi, Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, Sirajul Haq, Sitara Ayaz, Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, Anwar ul Haq Kakar and Aurangzeb Khan, were asked to attend the meeting.

Furthermore, federal ministers Pervaiz Khattak, Ijaz Ahmed Shah, Ali Amin Gandapur, Shafqat Mahmood, Asad Umar, Shibli Faraz. PM’s adviser Babar Awan and SAPM Dr Moeed Yusuf were also summoned for the meeting.

Attorney General Khalid Javed, interim CM of GB Mir Afzal, AJK President Masood Khan and AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider were also sent special invitations.