Summary President approved summary regarding address to parliament in the beginning of parliamentary year.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) Asif Ali Zardari is set to create a record by becoming the first president to address a joint session of both houses of Pakistan s parliament for a sixth time, though he will be doing so at a time when his party is no longer in power.
Officials said Zardari, 57, is expected to address the joint session of the senate and national assembly on June 10.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said presidential address was in the pipeline. The president will definitely address parliament if he is invited by new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to do so though no formal proposal for a joint session had been received by the presidency as yet, Babar told the media.
According to constitutional provisions, the president has to address a joint session of parliament at the beginning of the first session of the national assembly after a general election as well as the first sitting of the national assembly in every parliamentary year. The constitution further says the president can summon either house or both houses in a joint session "as he thinks fit".
