NA speaker bans recording mobile videos from  press gallery

ISLAMABAD  -   National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has banned recording mobile videos from press gallery ahead of important session of the house. According to the ruling of the NA speaker the ban has been imposed on recording videos on cell phones from the press gallery. During Sunday’s session, the speaker instructed journalists, saying, “Please refrain from making mobile videos from the press gallery.” The sessions of the Senate and National Assembly will resume today at Parliament House Islamabad today. After a series of meetings at Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s residence in Islamabad and delayed starts of the National Assembly (NA) and Senate sessions, the constitutional amendments could not be presented in the parliament as the matter is deferred to Sunday (today). Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s residence remained the centre of attention throughout Saturday as it was visited by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, heads of different political parties including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Balochistan National Party (Mengal) head Akhtar Mengal. The National Assembly (NA) sitting that was started after hours-long delay lasted for a few minutes while the Senate session commenced after a delay of around three hours from its scheduled time amid the absence of the government’s some lawmakers.

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