ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday summoned the sessions of the National Assembly and Senate on June 10, at 5pm in the Parliament House with budget likely to be presented on June 12.
“The President has summoned the National Assembly session for tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 5 PM in the Parliament House. The President has summoned the session by exercising the powers conferred under Article 54 Clause 1 of the Constitution,” according to the notification.
This will be the “28th session of the 16th National Assembly”, added the notification.
President Zardari also summoned a session of the Senate at 4pm on June 10, according to a post on social media by the president’s office.
According to officials at the National Assembly Secretariat, both sessions have been called budget sessions for 2026–27; however, it is expected that the budget will be presented in Parliament on June 12.
It has been learnt that the sessions were convened for the budget and to line up members before its presentation.
Under Article 63, a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) could be disqualified if he abstains from voting on the budget as per party policy.
Earlier in the day, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the budget for the next fiscal year (FY2026-27) would likely be presented in the parliament on Friday (June 12).
He stated this on X, further stating that summaries to convene budget sessions of the National Assembly and Senate had been sent to the presidency for approval.
Before Chaudhry’s statement, uncertainty had surrounded the date for the budget’s presentation as the federal government, its coalition partners and provincial governments struggled to reach a consensus over the Centre’s demand for more than Rs1 trillion for strategic needs.
The meeting of the National Economic Council was postponed for the third time on Monday at the last moment amid continuing negotiations to reach a consensus over the issues like freezing of provincial shares in the federal divisible pool under the NFC Award.
The Centre had told provinces that their financial shares under the NFC for the current year would not be increased next year and that any amount above the current year’s share would have to be returned to the Centre.
The provinces had protested the demand as it would push provincial budgets into deficit and make it difficult for them to run their governments. The federal government had suggested that provinces could freeze salaries and limit development schemes.
PPP-PML-N consensus on federal budget
The PML-N-led government and its major ally, the PPP, on Monday reached a consensus on the broad framework of the federal budget.
The two sides met for a third round of talks at Aiwan-i-Sadr, with President Asif Ali Zardari in the chair and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leading the PML-N team.
