KARACHI: The date for the opening session of the new provincial assembly (PA) will remain flexible to facilitate members attending the death anniversary service of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, scheduled on April 4 at Garhi Khuda Bux, Larkana, according to sources in Governor House.

Governor Ishratul Ebad has selected April 5 as the date for the opening session of the freshly elected PA, a day after Bhutto’s death anniversary programme. Some PPP Sindh workers were expecting a change in the date after the NWFP governor rescheduled the date for its first assembly session from April 2 to March 28.

Sources in the PPP said that the NWFP governor rescheduled the date because PPP members in the PA will have difficulty attending the commemoration of Bhutto’s death anniversary given the long distance. However, according to the PPP’s nominated Sindh Assembly Speaker, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the PPP legislators in Sindh will not feel any inconvenience if the Sindh Assembly session is held on April 5.

Talking to Daily Times, Khuhro said that the death anniversary programme of the party’s founder is usually held the night between April 3 and 4 every year, and the participants can easily return to Karachi by the evening of April 4 to attend the assembly’s session scheduled on April 5.

According to PA Secretary Hadi Bux Buriro, the assembly secretariat has already completed arrangements for the first assembly session. However, the Provincial Law Secretary, Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah said that the governor can change the schedule if he felt necessary.

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