The National Assembly on Wednesday met briefly at the Parliament House in Islamabad with Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the chair.

The House as per its tradition suspended its agenda to pay tribute to late MNA Iqbal Muhammad Ali. 

The lawmakers commended services of late Iqbal Muhammad Ali for the cause of democracy, constitutionalism, and development.  

Those, who spoke on the occasion, include Minister for Defence Khwaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Communications Asad Mahmood, Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel,Engineer Qasim Khani, Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Sheikh Salahuddin, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, Naz Baloch, Usama Qadri, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Shagufta Jamani, Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Dr. Darshan, Saira Bano, Tahira Aurangzeb, Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon and Agha Rafiullah.

It is pertinent to mention that late Iqbal Muhammad Ali was elected from Karachi on the ticket of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.  

The House will now meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 11 am.