Govt fails to maintain quorum as PPP stays away from National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N on Monday suffered an embarrassing setback in the National Assembly as the lower house was adjourned within minutes for lack of quorum after its estranged ally, the PPP, stayed away from the proceedings over the alleged rigging in the recently-held Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections. The government failed to muster the required number of 84 lawmakers in the 336-member house, forcing the chair to adjourn the session without taking up any agenda item when quorum ...

By [email protected] (Amir Wasim)