RELATIONS WITH PARLIAMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

The National Assembly, in the near past, has taken a number of steps for cementing relations with Parliaments of other countries. Parliamentary friendship groups have been established on the reciprocity basis with 44 Parliaments and Parliamentary exchange program has been revitalized.

Pakistan was a member of many international parliamentary forums. It was a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and its membership was suspended after the suspension of National Assembly in 1999. Pakistan is also the member of the SAARC Speaker’s and Parliamentarian’s Association, and is among the pioneer members in the establishment of Parliamentary Union of Organization of Islamic Countries Members (PUOICM) and Organization of Women Parliamentarian from Muslim Countries (OWPMC).

PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUPS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The Friendship Groups are in existence in the National Assembly of Pakistan with Parliaments of the following countries:

S. No.	Country Name	S. No.	Country Name	S. No.	Country Name	S. No.	Country Name
1.	Algeria	12.	RO Korea	23.	Bhutan	34.	Philippines
2.	Australia	13.	DPR Korea	24.	Iraq	35.	Russian Federation
3.	Bangladesh	14.	Malaysia	25.	Jordan	36.	Saudi Arabia
4.	China	15.	Morocco	26.	Kuwait	37.	Senegal
5.	Egypt	16.	Romania	27.	Kyrgyzstan	38.	South Africa
6.	France	17.	Syria	28.	Lebanon	39.	Sudan
7.	Hungary	18.	Turkey	29.	Libya	40.	Sri Lanka
8.	Indonesia	19.	U.K.	30.	Mauritius	41.	Tajikistan
9.	Iran	20.	Kazakistan	31.	Maldives	42.	Tunisia
10.	Japan	21.	Azerbaijan	32.	Nepal	43.	United Arab Emirates
11.	Germany	22.	Belgium	33.	Niger	44.	Zimbabwe