Speaker issues production order of Shehbaz Sharif for NA session from December 10

Updated 07 Dec, 2018

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Friday issued production order for detained Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif for the session of the assembly summoned on Monday, December 10.

The Speaker has directed National Accountability Bureau and concerned authorities to bring Shehbaz Sharif to attend the session of the National Assembly on a daily basis under the rules.

”Presence of Opposition leader Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif during the said session was necessary, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by rule 108 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of the business in the National Assembly 2007, the Speaker has been pleased to summon Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif," the Speaker stated in a production order issued by the National Assembly Secretariat.

The Speaker directed the concerned authorities to produce the opposition leader at the commencement of each sitting of the said session.

Shehbaz Sharif was in custody due to ongoing investigation of National Accountability Bureau, Lahore in a case of Punjab Land Development Company and Lahore Development Authority.

Meanwhile, the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee would will be held under the chairmanship of Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser here in Speaker’s Lounge at Parliament House on Monday.

Members of the political parties will discuss agenda for the session of National Assembly.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2018

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