By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to address a joint session of parliament March 17, the Dawn reported Saturday.
According to an official announcement, the presidency has summoned the National Assembly session on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s advice.
“The session has been rescheduled in view of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Asia Regional Conference to be held March 12-16 in Karachi…”
“… because it would not be possible for several parliamentarians, including Speaker Fehmida Mirza, to attend the NA session that was earlier called on March 12,” the president’s spokesman said.
It would be the president’s fifth address to the joint sitting, the spokesman added.
President Zardari is likely to face heckling and a rough opposition during his speech this time.
Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said: “It will not be a smooth sailing for the coalition.”