NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETS ON MARCH 3

DACCA IS VENUE-President's Order

 

Official announcement, dated February 13, 1971, summoning the National
Assembly to meet in Dacca on March 3

 

The President, General A. M. Yahya Khan, has summoned the National Assembly to meet in Dacca on March 3 for framing a Constitution for the Country

 

According to an official announcement, the 313-member Assembly for which country-wide general elections on the basis of adult franchise were held in December last, will meet at 9 a.m. on March 3 in the Provincial Assembly building in Dacca.

The brief announcement said, "The President, General A. M. Yahya Khan, has been pleased to summon the National Assembly of Pakistan to meet on Wednesday, March 3, 1971, at 9 a.m. in the Provincial Assembly Building, Dacca, for the purpose of framing a Constitution for Pakistan."

 

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(THE PAKISTAN TIMES, Lahore-February 14, 1971)

 

 

Source: Bangladesh Documents, vol-I, p.150-151