Budget session to continue till May 15

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 (APP):The House Business Advisory Committee of the National Assembly Friday decided that the budget session would continue till May15.
The committee, which met with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair, discussed the agenda for the budget session. It was the last meeting of the House Business Committee, said a press release.
It was decided in the meeting that general discussion on the budget would start on May 2 and the Minister for Finance would wind up the discussion followed by debate on appropriation in respect of charged expenditure 2018-2019 on May 10.
It was decided in the meeting that discussion on charged expenditure will be taken place on  May 11 while voting and discussion on cut motions and demand for grants in respect of voted expenditure 2018-2019 would be taken up on May 12-14.
It was further decided that the consideration and passage of Finance Bill, 2018 will take place on May 14 and discussion on supplementary demands for grants and appropriation 2018-19 in respect of charged and voted expenditure and lying of schedule of authorized expenditure 2018-2019 would take place on May 15.
It was also agreed that the sittings of the National Assembly would also be held on Saturday and the question hour and other non-legislative business would remain suspended during the session.
The meeting was attended by Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, MNAs Ch. Muhammad Ashraf,  Syed Naveed Qamar, Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani, Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari, Sheikh Salahuddin, Maulana Muhamad Khan Sherani, Nasir Khan and Sahibzada Tariq Ullah.