Last month when the session was convened, the opposition had lodged a strong protest. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Struggling to fulfil a constitutional requirement of keeping the National Assembly in session for a minimum of 130 days in a parliamentary year, the government on Thursday convened a new session of the lower house of parliament on Friday (today) on a notice of less than 24 hours, amid an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases all over the country, particularly in the federal capital.
President Dr Arif Alvi summoned the session to meet at the Parliament House at 10.30am after the Senate Secretariat, located in the same building, issued two different notifications stating that the offices would remain closed for three days (Friday to Sunday) due to a rise in Covid-19 cases and to disinfect the precincts.