PM basks 5-years term of assemblies
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—National Assembly was dissolved on Thursday after completing its five-years of its tenure. Outgoing Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and his cabinet members, advisors, special advisors, Parliamentary Secretaries and chairmen of Standing Committees have also been dissolved.
The 342 parliamentarians took their oath on November 2002 and now this assembly stands dissolved on 15 November 2007 at 0000hrs, midnight. PM, Shaukat Aziz was leading the 60 -member Cabinet and he retained the portfolio of Ministry of Finance in his hands.
The National Assembly, after completing its constitutional term, stands dissolved from mid night between Thursday and Friday. In all, forty four sessions of the national assembly were held during the past five years tenure of the assembly, the first to complete its mandated tenure. The house transacted tremendous legislation for the benefit of the people. It has passed five budgets and fifty bills.
The bills include National Security Council, Political Parties Amendment Act, Women Protection Act and Law Reforms Act. Two hundred and twenty two ordinances were laid before the house. During the question hour more than forty seven thousand questions were put before the house raising different issues relating to the public concerns. The House also adopted five thousand five hundred and thirty-eight resolutions relating to the national and international issues.
The National Assembly also adopted 17th amendment and gave vote of confidence to the President in 2004 and the members cast their votes in the Presidential Election on 6th of last month. The Provincial Assemblies of the Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan are being dissolved on the 20th of this month, while the NWFP assembly already stands dissolved. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a farewell meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, official sources informed on Thursday.
The President lauded the contributions of Mr. Shaukat Aziz in the fast track socio-economic development of the country through far reaching economic reforms which yielded enormous socio-economic benefits and improved the quality of life of the people. The President underlined that excellent working relations between their offices were unparalleled and smooth.