ISLAMABAD: A six-member Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker
National Assembly Doctor Fehmida Mirza reached New Delhi here on
Thursday to participate in 5th SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians
Conference in New Delhi on Friday.
As per details, six-member
Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker NA Doctor Fehmida Mirza is
consisting of Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Kashmala Tariq, Tasneem Siddiqui,
Tariq Shabir, Mehmood Khan Tochi and Secretary National Assembly
Karamat Hussain Niazi has reached to New Delhi to participate in 5th
SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference in New Delhi while
Speaker Indian Lok Sabha Meera Kumar would host the conference.
Sources
told Online that the delegation would hold meetings with Chairperson
Congress Sonia Gandhi, Speaker Lok Sabha Meera Kumhar and Speaker Rajia
Sabha in a sideline while the delegation is likely to meet Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh.
The basic purpose of the conference is
to strengthen ties between South Asian countries, promote cooperation
and collaboration between Parliamentarians of the countries and ensure
joint efforts to maintain law and order in the region and elimination
of poverty and terrorism. According to diplomatic sources, the visit
would improve ties between parliamentarians of both the countries and
would lead to positive result of ongoing negotiations on different
issues. Online
