Speaker convenes all-party meeting to review KP Assembly members’ privileges bill

PESHAWAR, Jul 10 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati has convened an important meeting of all parliamentary leaders on Monday, July 13, to review the proposed Assembly Members’ Privileges Bill following consultations with CM Muhammad Sohail Afridi and concerns raised by civil society.

The meeting will be held in the Speaker’s Chamber at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

According to the Speaker’s office, participants will undertake a detailed review of various provisions of the proposed bill while also considering opinions, recommendations and reservations expressed by civil society, journalists and other stakeholders.

The exercise aims to ensure that the proposed legislation is aligned with public expectations, constitutional requirements and democratic principles.

Parliamentary leaders of all political parties represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will attend the meeting.

Provincial Minister for Information Shafi Ullah Jan, Provincial Minister for Law Aftab Alam and Chief Whip Akbar Ayub Khan will also participate.

The participants are expected to exchange views on different clauses of the proposed bill and strive to evolve a consensus on the future course of action.

Speaker Babar Saleem Swati said the Assembly was fundamentally the House of the people and every piece of legislation enacted by it should promote public interest, transparency and democratic values.

He said that whenever concerns or recommendations regarding proposed legislation were raised by different segments of society, it was the responsibility of Parliament to give them due consideration and, through consultation with all stakeholders, enact laws that reflected public aspirations and complied with constitutional principles.