Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan on Tuesday said the joint sitting of the Parliament has been summoned on December 7 to debate Balochistan Package. The minister said this while talking to newsmen in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Joint session will discuss Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan package, he said, adding that the list of defaulters of billions of rupees would also be presented in the parliament.
He said the government would provide total 5000 jobs to unemployed youth with Bachelor degrees under Balochistan Package for which the government has given advertisements in different newspapers.
The minister said the meeting of the newly constituted parliamentary committee under the Prime Minister would be held on December 3 which would review the implementation of Balochistan Package and visit Balochistan this week for this purpose. Answering question about the NRO, the minister said now this issue is in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Babar said the list of 30 major banks and financial institutions whose debts were written off during 1985 to 1993 and from 1999 to 2003 would be presented during the joint sitting of the Parliament. However, the minister did not give the names of these organisations but said the National Bank got maximum relaxation.