Speaker Asad Qaiser warns of strict action over unpleasant incident in NA
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National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. APP/File
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday warned of strict action against anyone found involved in the unpleasant incident a day earlier during parliamentary proceedings. The unpleasant incident which took place in the NA on last day is highly condemnable, he wrote on Twitter. I ve called a meeting on Monday, February 8, wherein the record of the proceedings will be examined to [probe] the matter. Strict action can be taken against members who were involved in that incident, he added.
Qaiser went on to say that as a custodian of the National Assembly of Pakistan, I have to maintain the order and to regulate the proceedings of the House in accordance with parliamentary practices, rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 .
Pakistan minister Hammad Azhar tests positive for coronavirus
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“I have tested positive for Covid-19 and [am]
self-isolating at home,” he said on Twitter.
The minister requested people for prayers.
I have tested positive for Covid-19 and self isolating at home. Requesting everyone for prayers. JazakAllah Khair. Hammad Azhar (@Hammad Azhar) February 1, 2021
Prior to Azhar, some other members of Prime Minister Imran
Khan’s cabinet have contracted the virus too.
These include Asad Umar, Ali Zaidi, Farogh Naseem and
Beijing and Islamabad have agreed on formation of a joint parliamentary committee for effective oversight and monitoring of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). AP/File
ISLAMABAD: Beijing and Islamabad have agreed on formation of a joint parliamentary committee for effective oversight and monitoring of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Chairman of the Chinese National Peoples Congress (NPC) Li Zhanshu took the decision during their virtual meeting on Wednesday and directed secretariats of their respective parliaments to take necessary steps for constitution of the joint parliamentary committee.
The virtual meeting was the first high-level contact between the two presiding officers after the oubreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an official handout issued by the National Assembly Secretariat. It said the proposal regarding constitution of a joint committee had come from Mr Qaiser.
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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and National People’s Congress of China Chairman Li Zhanshu have agreed on forming joint parliamentary committee comprising members from Pakistani parliament and National People’s Congress for effective oversight of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
They were of the opinion that enhanced economic cooperation would give impetus to the existing bilateral relations through parliamentary and economic cooperation. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser was talking to Li Zhanshu in a virtual meeting Wednesday in which both the presiding officers directed their respective secretariats to take necessary steps for constitution of joint parliamentary committee. This virtual meeting is first high-level contact between the two presiding officers after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Open ballot: No need to ‘amend Constitution’
NA speaker submits statement in presidential reference case
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ISLAMABAD:
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has backed the federal government’s plan to hold the Senate elections through open ballot without amending the Constitution.
The speaker, through Secretary Assembly Lateef Yousafzai, submitted a concise statement in the Supreme Court hearing presidential reference case on Wednesday.
“It is highly desirable that voting for the Senate be held through open or traceable vote rather than secret ballot so as to strengthen parliamentary democracy of which political parties are lynchpin, says the statement.