Shehbaz, Bilawal likely to discuss anti-govt protests today

ISLAMABAD: A meeting between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is expected to take place tomorrow (Monday), ARY News reported on Sunday citing sources.

Sources maintain that a meeting between the chiefs of both parties is expected to take place in the Parliament House during the upcoming National Assembly session.

The meeting will discuss a range of issues including mini-budget, anti-govt protests and the overall political situation of the country.

NA session

The federal government has decided to summon the National Assembly session on January 10 to get the Finance Amendment Bill 2021, also known as mini-budget, sail through the Lower House of the Parliament.

Detailing the passage of the bill, Adviser to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said that the National Assembly session has been summoned on January 10 at 4:00 pm.

“The Finance amendment bill will be tabled during the session besides also a discussion on suggestions on the bill proposed by Senate,” he said and invited the opposition to take part in the legislation process.

He said that indulging in sloganeering would not help the opposition in improving the legislative process nor this could help them in creating hurdles for the government to pass the bill.

“Our doors are open for talks with the opposition on the legislation process,” he said.

On December 30, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led federal government tabled Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021 — or the mini-budget in the National Assembly for approval.