ISLAMABAD May 31 (TNS): The National Assembly will be dissolved at midnight tonight as the contemporary federal government’s constitutional term of five-year ends on May 31, Thursday.
The farewell session of the14th National Assembly will be held today before its five-year constitutional term ends at midnight.
The five-year term of the Punjab Assembly and Balochistan Assembly is also ending tonight.
Caretaker setup will take charge till the general elections scheduled on July 25 this year. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah have already named former chief justice Nasirul Mulk as interim prime minister.
This is the first time in Pakistan’s history a second consecutive democratic government is completing its constitutional term.
Before the government’s tenure ends today, PM Abbasi is scheduled to hold farewell meetings with his staff and other officers.
A contingent of Pakistan Armed Forces will present a salute to the PM as he departs from his office later today.
