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Pakistan's newly-elected Members of 15th National Assembly Take Oath.

328 out of total 342 took Oath on historic day, as country completes its 3rd consecutive democratic transition.

ISLAMABAD, August 13, 2018: The newly-elected Members of the 15th National Assembly took oath on Monday in a maiden session called after July 25 General Elections 2018, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

The Speaker of the outgoing Assembly presided over the proceedings that started 15 minutes behind the schedule. Taking oath as a member himself, the Speaker also administered oath to the newly-elected Members.

As many as 328 members took oath in the first sitting that continued for three hours and eight minutes. The oath-taking was followed by the signing of “Roll of Members”. The Speaker also informed the House about the procedure for the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, which will be held on August 15 (Wednesday).

Following are key observations of the proceedings of the first sitting of the 1st session of the 15th National Assembly:

Members’ Participation

The National Assembly met for three hours and eight minutes.
The sitting started at 1015 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours.
The Speaker presided over the entire sitting.
As many as 314 (92%) lawmakers were present at the outset and 197 (58%) at the adjournment of the sitting.

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Announcement: Center for Development - Pakistan will be broadcasting live from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today at 12 PM Saudi Time (2PM PST) a session being conducted by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan titled “Foreign Assets Declaration Act 2018 and Impact on non-residents“ being presented by Mr. Ashfaq Yousuf Tola FCA, FCMA, Member Board – Privatization Commission Government of Pakistan ("GOP"), Member board Sub-Committee on Taxation for promotion of Islamic Banking Ministry of Finance, GOP and Member Tax Reform Implementation Commission.

He has vast expertise in Tax planning, advisory, Assurance and Business Advisory Services, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance & Investment Advisory, Due diligence and forensic audits, Financial product designing and launching and Public listings and corporate affairs.

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It gives us great pleasure at Center for Development - Pakistan to announce our partnership with The Climate Hackademy, for 'Securing Future: Alliance against Climate Change'.

The educational project will focus on identifying and creating solutions at grass root level, along with educating 300 students at Primary to Higher Level Schools in the District of Ghizr, Gilgit Baltistan. Our main aim is to create 'Young Activists Network' and equip local people with adaptation tools against the threat of Climate Change.