ISLAMABAD: The treasury and opposition benches agreed to uphold sanctity of parliament.
In
this connection, a meeting of members of the treasury and opposition
benches held in the Parliament House Thursday with Speaker Fehmida Mirza
in chair.
Opposition leader Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, Deputy Speaker
Faisal Karim Kundi, federal ministers Syed Khursheed Shah, Syed Naveed
Qamar, MNAs Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Nawab Yousaf Talpur, Ch. Muhammad
Barjees Tahir, Rana Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sheikh Aftab Ahmad, Dr. Tariq
Fazal Ch. attended the meeting.
The meeting was held in a
cordial atmosphere. The Speaker appreciated the sagacious role of Leader
of the House and Leader of the Opposition for strengthening of the
parliament.
The Opposition Leader thanked the Speaker for
arranging this meeting and praised the Speaker and Deputy Speaker for
their exceptional role as the custodian of the House.
After
thorough discussion broader outlines were agreed between the Treasury
and Opposition benches to uphold the supremacy of parliament, to make
its proceedings, meaningful and productive.
It was decided that
all the issues of urgent public interest would be taken up in the
Business Advisory Committee at the commencement of the each session of
the National Assembly and its decision would be conveyed to all the
Members of the Parliamentary parties for strict adherence.
It
was also decided that the attendance of the Members would be
responsibility of the Chief Whips of the respective parliamentary
parties especially during the Question Hour and other important
parliamentary debates.
Both the parties had a consensus that the
Ministers and the concerned Secretaries would remain present during the
Question hours on their Rota days and while their legislative business
was being taken up in the House. Online
