ISLAMABAD: The inaugural session of the 15th National Assembly is likely to be held in the second week of August as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wants to see Imran Khan as the prime minister before the Independence Day on August 14, local media reports have informed.
According to the rules of procedure and conduct of business in the National Assembly, the newly-elected members would administer oath by the outgoing Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on the opening day and he would adjourn the house after oath-taking by the members with no other business on the day.
The house will meet again after a break of one day for the elections of the speaker and deputy speaker.
The house will be adjourned after the activity to meet against after a break of one or two days when the elections of Leader of the House (Prime Minister) will take place.
According to the Constitution, the National Assembly has to convene “on the 21st day following the day on which a general election to the Assembly is held unless sooner summoned by the President.”
Except for PTI and PML-Q, political sources said, the rest of major political parties including PPP, PML-N, MQM-P, JUI-F and other parties might not give a unanimous candidate if they decide to administer the oath in the 15th National Assembly.
Following the All Parties Conference (APC), which rejected the results of the elections 2018, JUI-F Chief Fazlur Rahman announced not to become part of the parliamentary process but other political parties, including PML-N and PPP-P, have so far not completely supported the idea.
