President Zardari summons NA, Senate sessions on June 10
President Asif Ali Zardari summoned a session of the National Assembly on June 10, at 5pm in the Parliament House.
“The President has summoned the National Assembly session for tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 5 PM in the Parliament House. The President has summoned the session by exercising the powers conferred under Article 54 Clause 1 of the Constitution.”
This will be the “28th session of the 16th National Assembly”, added the notification.
President Zardari also summoned a session of the Senate at 4pm on June 10, according to a post on social media by the president’s office.
Last week, the government announced that the federal budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 will be presented on June 10.
However, it is pertinent to note that the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) has yet to take place, and the government has also not released the Economic Survey.
Earlier today, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the budget for the next fiscal year (FY2026-27) would likely be presented in the parliament on June 12 (Friday).
Chaudhry, however, stated further that summaries to convene budget sessions in the National Assembly and Senate on June 10 (Wednesday) had been sent to the presidency for approval.
Before Chaudhry’s statement, uncertainty had surrounded the date for the budget’s presentation as the federal government, its coalition partners and provincial governments struggled to reach a consensus over the Centre’s demand for more than Rs1 trillion for strategic needs.
The meeting of the NEC was postponed for the third time on Monday at the last moment amid continuing negotiations over the freezing of provincial shares in the federal divisible pool under the NFC Award.
The PML-N-led government and its major ally, the PPP, on Monday reached a consensus on the broad framework of the federal budget.
The two sides met for a third round of talks at Aiwan-i-Sadr, with President Zardari in the chair and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leading the PML-N team.
Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the government had reached a “complete understanding” with the PPP on the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and the development budget.
He added that top-level political consultations and delegation-level talks would continue to address the remaining budgetary demands. ...