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1- JOINT SESSION OF THE SENATE AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGAN IN ISLAMABAD TODAY TO DISCUSS COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY.

NEWS IN DETAIL:

JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE BEGAN TODAY TO DISCUSS THE CRUCIAL ISSUE OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY. THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN SUMMONED IN THE LIGHT OF THE POLICY DECISION TAKEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF TO EVOLVE CONSENSUS ON VITAL NATIONAL ISSUES. THE MOVE AIMS AT TAKING PROPOSALS OF THE ELECTED HOUSES BEFORE DECIDING THE ISSUE REGARDING SIGNING OF CTBT.

THE PRIME MINISTER MR.MOHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF HAS SAID PAKISTAN WILL NOT TAKE A DECISION ON CTBT UNDER PRESSURE OR COERCION. HE WAS TALKING TO NEWSMEN AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY MEETING OF THE PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE AND ITS ALLIES IN ISLAMABAD THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE JOINT SITTING OF PARLIAMENT CALLED TO DEBATE CTBT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID WE TOOK OUR INDEPENDENT DECISION ON THE 28TH OF MAY DESPITE TREMENDOUS PRESSURE. WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO ANY PRESSURE. WE WILL AGAIN TAKE A DECISION WHICH IS OUR OWN AND WHICH IS IN THE LARGER INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY.

THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THE ISSUE OF SIGNING THE C.T.B.T. HAS SENSITIVE DIMENSIONS THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO DISCUSS EVERY ASPECT OF IT AT ALL AVAILABLE FORA.

WEATHER:

MORE RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED AT ISOLATED PLACES OF UPPER NWFP, UPPER PUNJAB AND KASHMIR.