Consultations among the political parties are on full bloom for the proposed joint parliamentary session scheduled to be convened shortly.
Well-placed sources at the National Assembly Secretariat Friday told Online that parliamentary heads of different political parties were approaching each other on possible strategy and agenda for the said joint parliamentary sitting.
The joint sitting of the both Houses of the Parliament is possibly would be summoned on January 30, however, according to Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi, the said joint session could be held in the first week of February.
The Joint parliamentary sittings are convened to discus the most crucial issues and challenges confronted by the nation and almost three joint meetings of the both Houses of the Parliament have been held during the incumbent government tenure.
Both the Houses of the Parliament jointly met in-camera thrice on October 2-22, 2008, March 22, 2011 and May 13-14, 2011 to take up burning challenges confronted by the nation including challenges of militancy and extremism, unilateral U.S. forces action in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011 and situation in Swat.
Parliamentary Houses again joined twice for the address by visiting Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan October 26, 2009 and Wen Jiabao Chinese Premier December 19, 2010 and Turkish Premier as well as for four times for the address of the President Asif Ali Zardari.
Kundi told Online on Friday that consultative process among the political parties was in full swing and opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was also contacted in this regard. Moreover, different other political leaders were also consulting with each other over the possible strategy in the proposed joint session.
When asked about the possible agenda for the joint parliamentary sitting, sources said that session would deliberate on Constitution (20th Amendment) Bill, 2012, recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on internal and foreign policy, especially on future working relationship with US, NATO and ISAF and several other bills passed by National Assembly and Senate would likely be taken up by the House.
