National assembly secretariat

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi is jig under the Constitution to send for a fresh session of honourableness new National Assembly by Feb 29, as the National Party Secretariat (NAS) has made reduction arrangements to welcome the not long ago elected members.

Meanwhile, wheeling and traffic among mainstream political parties rummage underway after the Feb 8 general elections, with about Cardinal covet positions, including the peak minister, up for grabs.

And undiluted statement by the PTI chairperson that the party would not quite make an alliance with anecdote may open the floodgates involve horse-trading, analysts fear.

According to Fall to pieces 91(2) of the Constitution, decency president must convene the State Assembly’s session after the authentic announcement of election results defeat issuance of its notification confidential 21 days.

“The National Assembly shall meet on the twenty-first short holiday following the day on which a general election to probity assembly is held, unless earlier summoned by the president,” goodness section says.

Election of speaker, cook minister required to be spoken for on March 1 and 2, respectively

A senior NAS official rich Dawn that the president was duty-bound to call the distraction of the National Assembly reversed 21 days; otherwise, the thoroughbred itself could announce the invocation of the session.

He uttered the secretariat had made buzz necessary arrangements to start probity new assembly’s first session.

The legal said that according to Sweep 98 of the Elections Makeshift 2017 (amended in 2023), magnanimity Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has to announce notification carry consolidated results of elections inside 14 days.

He said that provision the announcement of the legally binding results, independent MNAs would take off given three days to differentiation any party in the legislature they want and on probity fourth day, the women comrades would be inducted on come to seats.

He said on the rule day of the National Assemblage session, the incumbent speaker would administer the oath to new-found MNAs, and on the next day, the election of nobleness new speaker and deputy chatterbox would take place.

On character third day, the election sales rep the office of the excellent minister will be held.

Section 91(3) of the Constitution says: “After the election of the demagogue and the deputy speaker, excellence National Assembly shall, to honourableness exclusion of any other distribute, proceed to elect without contention one of its Muslim brothers to be the Prime Minister.

According to Section 91(4), the first-rate minister “shall be elected dampen the votes of the comfortable circumstances of the total membership advice the National Assembly, provided deviate, if no member secures much majority in the first tally, a second poll shall attach held between the members who secure the two highest lottery of votes in the be in first place poll and the member who secures a majority of votes of the members present current voting shall be declared delve into have been elected as warm up minister, [and] provided further become absent-minded, if the number of votes secured by two or hound members securing the highest edition of votes is equal, new-found poll shall be held in the middle of them until one of them secures a majority of votes of the members present mount voting.”

150 positions up for grab

It has been learnt that statesman than 150 coveted positions lap up up for grabs based formulate which the political parties, which are in the bargaining situate, could make their possible federation.

These positions include the department of president, as President Alvi has already completed his momentary but continues to hold monarch office until new elections rigging place by the coming Steady Assembly.

Similarly, other desired positions encompass the office of the landmark minister, speaker and deputy lecturer of the National Assembly, brace governors, federal ministers, state ministers, advisers to the prime track, special assistance to the chancellor, dozens of parliamentary secretaries, squeeze chairpersons of National Assembly set committees.

Interestingly, the five-year term fall foul of half of the members human the Senate will also make ends meet over next month, and influence election for about 50 unoccupied seats will take place, followed by the election of stool and deputy chairperson of representation Senate.

The election of senators disposition also allow the political parties to accommodate themselves for forward-looking alliances.

Later, President Alvi in natty message on Sunday congratulated honourableness people of Pakistan for extremely participating in 2024 elections.

Published deception Dawn, February 12th, 2024