NA speaker to attend IPU 140th Assembly

ISLAMABAD, April 5 (APP):National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser will attend 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held from April 6 to 10 at Doha, Qatar.
He will lead the Parliamentary Delegation comprising member of National Assembly Shazia Jannat Marri, Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari, Agha Hassan Baloch, Arbab Sher Ali, Rana Tanveer Hussain and Tahir Hussain, Secretary National Assembly/Member ASGP.
The members of the delegation will participate in the IPU Assembly and its related meetings. They will also meet their counterparts on sidelines of the Assembly from 159 countries and exchange views and experiences.
All IPU statutory bodies, including the governing council, standing committees, committees on the human rights of parliamentarians and on Middle East questions, as well as the forum of women parliamentarians and the forum of young member parliaments, will meet on this occasion.
Theme of the general debate is “Parliaments as platforms to enhance education for peace, security and the rule of law”.