ISLAMABAD: A six-member Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker
National Assembly Doctor Fehmida Mirza would depart for India today
(Friday) to participate in 5th SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians
Conference in New Delhi.
As per details, six-member
Parliamentary delegation consisting of Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Kashmala
Tariq, Tasneem Siddiqui, Tariq Shabir, Mehmood Khan Tochi and Secretary
National Assembly Karamat Hussain Niazi led by Speaker NA Doctor
Fehmida Mirza would depart for India on 8th July to participate in 5th
SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference in New Delhi.
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 meeting is to
strengthen ties between South Asian countries, promote cooperation
between Parliamentarians of the countries and ensure joint efforts to
maintain law and order in the region and elimination of poverty and
terrorism.
Sources told that the conference would be
inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and a joint
declaration based on the recommendations of the member countries would
be issued. Online
