National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has formed an 18-member special committee to resolve matters related to the Parliament House in pursuance of the motion adopted in the lower house on Wednesday.
The development came after the government and the opposition unanimously adopted a resolution approving the formation of a committee for resolving issues related to the house in the wake of the arrests of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers from within the Parliament House premises on September 8.
The special committee is comprised of Deputy Prime Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif, Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Naveed Qamar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza, Gohar Ali Khan and Muhammad Akhtar Mengal, among others.
An equal number of lawmakers from the treasury and the opposition benches have been included in the committee.
According to a circular issued by NA Secretariat, “In pursuance of motion adopted by the National Assembly on 11th September 2024, under Rule 244(B) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007, the honourable speaker, National Assembly has been pleased to constitute a special committee with the following composition and terms of reference.
The terms of reference of the committee include discussing, analysing and “firm up recommendations regarding issues related to the parliament, parliamentarians, Constitution, the rules of procedure and conduct of business in the National Assembly, 2007 and smooth functioning of the parliament.”
