Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session scheduled for today has been postponed until July 24. The session was presided over by Speaker Babar Salim Swati.

Members of PTI boycotted the assembly session. The session began after a delay of 2 hours and 24 minutes, and immediately upon start, a quorum was raised. When Sher Ali Arbab pointed out the lack of quorum, Speaker Babar Saleem Swati directed the counting. Only three members from the government benches were present.

It was expected that 25 members elected on reserved seats would take oath today. However, due to the lack of quorum, the session was postponed until July 24.

Speaker Babar Saleem Swati announced that the quorum was not complete and that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session would be adjourned until July 24.

As he announced the postponement, he got up and left the chamber.

Earlier, Law Minister Aftab Alam stated that the PTI parliamentary party had held a meeting in which they decided to boycott the assembly session. He mentioned that their members are upset and would not participate in the session.

It is noted that today’s session was to include oath-taking for 25 members elected on reserved seats—21 women and 4 minority members.

A total of seven women from Jamaat-e-Islami and seven women from PML-N were to take oaths. Additionally, four women from PPP, two from ANP, and one from PTI were also scheduled to take their oaths. Members elected from JUI-F for minority seats, Askar Parvez and Gorpal Singh, were also to take oaths.

Furthermore, Suresh Kumar from PML-N and Behri Lala, elected on the PPP quota, were also scheduled to take their oaths today.