Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday said that enhancing parliamentary outreach is key to abridging space between public representatives and the public.
“Digitalisation is key to transforming Parliament into a goal-orientated organization that produces quality and public responsive legislation” he expressed these views while chairing the 1st meeting of the National Assembly Strategic Plan Committee Special in Parliament House.
He, further, emphasized the need to strengthen parliamentary staff through robust training. While emphasising the need to evolve a strong monitoring system for enhancing the efficiency of parliamentary supporting staff, he said that proper training and effective performance evaluation can render them more productive.
He said, “Strengthening standing committees is essential for ensuring quality legislation.” He said that the Women Parliamentary Caucus, Secretariat of Sustainable Development Goals, Young Parliamentarians Forum, Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS), and other parliamentary forums play proactive roles in enhancing parliamentary efficiency.
Furthermore, he said that the rationalisation of the budget as per the strategic plan would make it more implementable and rational.
While deliberating upon the contours for the formation of the strategic plan, Committee members unanimously decided to make a strategic plan led by parliamentarians.
