The National Assembly resumed its session at the Parliament House in Islamabad this afternoon with Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah in the chair.

The House offered fateha for the departed souls of fishermen drowned in a recent incident when their boat capsized in the open sea. The House also prayed for the departed souls of those, who died in different incidents across Pakistan.

The National Assembly today passed a resolution demanding that the verdict given in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case must be overturned.

The resolution moved by Shazia Marri further demanded the Federal Government to officially declare former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as a Shaheed and national democratic hero. It also called for conferring Nishan-e-Pakistan upon Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The resolution further demanded the establishment of Nishan-e-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Award for workers and activists, who have fought and sacrificed their lives for true democracy in Pakistan.

The House has now been adjourned to meet again on Friday at 11 a.m.