ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan’s history, the parliamentary business of the country has been suspended due to the scare of novel Coronavirus with the legislation as well as the meetings of the standing committees of both houses of the parliament suspended forthwith. The National Assembly had to discuss the presidential address besides already decided debates on situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi carnage, agriculture reforms and foreign policy. The official said that the National Assembly had also to take up a heavy business of legislation as key bills were up for grabs at the Parliament. The official said that the Speaker also suspended all the Standing Committees of the National Assembly including the Public Accounts Committee. The official said that the parliamentary proceedings and the holding of the standing committees have been suspended for the first time in the country’s 72-year history.

Source: Pakistan Today March 14, 2020 16:52 UTC