In his first mandatory address to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate, which did not come about trouble-free, the president was all praise of the “successful” first year of the PML-N government following a historic transition after another elected government completed its constitutional five-year term for the first time in the country’s history.
He received repeated applause from ruling party lawmakers in his 30-minute Urdu speech which ranged from the start of new power projects and youth business loans to free laptops for hardworking students.