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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January 28, 2021
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.
A joint committee, comprising members of Pakistan’s parliament and China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) will be formed for an effective oversight of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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However, following the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary party’s meeting in the Parliament House, which was also addressed by party’s vice president Maryam Nawaz, the opposition dropped the idea of holding the meeting.