QUETTA: The Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai, has summoned the winter session of the provincial assembly on Friday (today). A notification issued by the assembly’s secretariat said it would be the first session after the election of Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani as speaker of the legislature.

Meanwhile, the assembly issued an order banning the entry of armed guards of MPAs to the assembly’s premises during the session. “There is complete restriction on carrying weapons on the assembly premises under privileges of the Balochistan Assembly Act-1975 Clause 11,” the notification said.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2016