NA Opp stages walkout as govt refuses to postpone board exams July 10, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The quorum syndrome continued to hit the proceedings of the National Assembly on Friday after the opposition parties staged a walkout while expressing dissatisfaction over the reply of the parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training for not agreeing with their suggestion to delay the board exams. Following the walkout, PMLN legislator Sheikh Fayazuddin pointed out the quorum and after the count was made, Speaker Asad Qaisar adjourned the house till Monday. Earlier, raising the issue of delay in the board exams, PMLN legislator Khwaja Saad Rafique said the issue to delay the board exams was raised on Thursday and the speaker had directed arranging a meeting with the Education minister. He said the issue is related to 5 million students of Metric and Intermediate and the preparation of thousands of the students is not complete because their schools did not complete their courses. “How the students will take examinations when their schools have failed to complete the courses for exams,” he said, adding that it would be better to delay the exams for a month or two.