Senate, NA to meet on Monday

Senate, NA to meet on Monday

Islamabad (Web Desk): Sessions of the Senate and the National Assembly will separately be held at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday.

The Upper House will meet at three afternoon, while the Lower House is to resume at 5 pm.

Besides legislative business, both the Houses will take up matters of national and international importance.

According to sources, the government is considering amending Section 230 of the Elections Act 2017, empowering the caretaker set-up to take economic decisions. They said that the amendments to the elections act might be introduced in the National Assembly next week. The amendments would allow the caretaker government to take decisions necessary to revive economy.

Meanwhile, the PML-N is considering proposing the name of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for the caretaker prime minister.