President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned a session of the National Assembly today “subject to some reservations”, expecting the issue of Sunni Ittehad Council’s reserved seats to be solved immediately.

According to a statement posted on the president’s X account, “The President accorded his approval while keeping in view the mandate and implications of the timeline given in Article 91 (2) and subject to some reservations and expecting the resolution of the issue of the reserved seats before the 21st day [after the general elections].

It should be mentioned that Dr Alvi’s move comes after NA speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had already summoned an NA session today at 10am.

Alvi’s earlier decision to not to summon an NA session was heavily criticised by the PPP and PML-N, who termed the delay against the Constitution.

The session has been called under Article 54(1) of the Constitution.