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Today In National Assembly: 11:00 AM: National Assembly Session | Committee Meetings: 12:00 PM: A Joint meeting of the Chairperson, Special Committee on Gender Mainstreaming, and the Secretary, Women's Parliamentary Caucus, with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand. at Women's Parliamentary Caucus (WPC), (1st Floor) Parliament House, Islamabad. | 12:30 PM: Meeting of the Pakistan-Ethiopia Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG) at Committee Room No.7 (4th Floor), Parliament House, Islamabad | 02:00 PM: 28th meeting of the SC on Interior and Narcotics Control (Postponed) at Constitution Room (2nd Floor), Parliament House , Islamabad | 02:30 PM: 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue (Revised Notice) at Committee Room No.2, First Floor, Parliament House, Islamabad

 

FUNCTIONS

The most hectic session coincides with the passage of the Federal Budget in May/June, every year. The National Assembly enjoys exclusive powers to consider Money Bills including the annual budget. The National Assembly also provides a minimum of three-fourth of the Cabinet strength and form the Government. The Prime Minister is, therefore, a member of the National Assembly who enjoys the support of the majority of the members in the House. The cabinet is also collectively responsible to the Assembly.

ORDER OF THE DAY

Details of the proceedings of the House on each day are set forth in the order in which they are to be taken up. The programme is called orders of the day. The Orders of the Day is laid on the Table of the House and circulated among the Honourable Members at their residents.