ISLAMABAD, March 13: The lawmakers from the government and opposition parties in the National Assembly demanded the government to call joint session of the parliament to discuss steps at government level to control spread of Coronavirus epidemic.
Speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, the former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said, “Joint session of Parliament should be summoned immediately to discuss the corona virus to take steps at government level for controlling its spread.”
“The government and the opposition should sit together to discuss the issue and find out the solution to control it which had already affected the whole world”, he added. He said opposition would not do politics on the issue of Coronavirus, the member of the opposition parties are ready to sit with the government to discuss the solution of the issue currently confronting the country and world over. – Agencies