A special parliamentary committee on Karachi and Quetta has elected Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party as its head. The meeting of the committee was held in Islamabad here on Tuesday.
The committee is mandated to look into the law and order situation
in Karachi and Quetta and report back to the National Assembly with
recommendations within two months.
The name of Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah for the chairmanship of the
Special Committee was proposed by Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour,
MNA/Minister for Railways and seconded by all the members of the
committee.
The election was conducted by Mr. Karamat Hussain Niazi, Secretary National Assembly.
After the election, Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah thanked his fellow
parliamentarians for reposing confidence in him by electing him as the
Chairman of the Committee.
Other members of the committee are Qamar Zaman Kaira, Noor Alam, Dr.
Ayatullah Durrani, Abdul Qadir Patel, Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan, Khawaja
Muhammad Asif, Zahid Hamid, Rana Tanvir Hussain, Ghous Bux Khan Maher,
Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Zubaida Jalal, Syed Haider Abass Rizvi,
Khawaja Sohail Mansoor, Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Maulana
Fazal-ur-Rehman and Haji Khuda Bux Rajar.
Later talking to the media persons, Federal Minister for Religious
Affairs Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah said that the terms of reference of
the committee will be finalized in its meeting on the 12th of this
month.
He assured that the committee will conduct its proceedings freely
and fairly above political lines to resolve the situation in Karachi
and Quetta, adding that advice would be sought from the law minister
before discussion on Karachi.
He assured them that he would endeavor to make the committee purposeful by the collective wisdom of all the Members.
He agreed that the committee has been mandated an important task,
therefore, it would instantly start deliberating upon the issue so that
findings of the Committee could be submitted to the House within the
stipulated time.
On a point raised by Members of the committee, it was decided to
constitute a two Member Sub-committee comprising of MNAs Mian Riaz
Hussain Pirzada and Mr. Zahid Hamid to suggest amendments in the ToRs
of the Committee. It was also decided that the approval of the amended
ToRs would be sought from the House during ensuing Session of the
National Assembly. SANA
