Islamabad June 17, 2014: Finance Committee of the National Assembly met in the Parliament House, today with Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair.

The Committee approved the continuation of 152 temporary posts in the National Assembly Secretariat in various gazetted and non-gazetted cadres for the financial year 2014-15. The said posts are required to be continued for smooth functioning of the Secretariat therefore, formal approval was sought for the financial year 2014-15.

The Committee principally approved the appointment of son/daughter /widow/ widower of deceased employees of the National Assembly Secretariat on regular basis in grade 1 to 15, who die while in service. The Committee approved the regularization of services of 7 employees who were appointed on contract basis under Prime Minister’s Assistance package for the deceased employees.

The Members of the Committee individually appreciated the decisions of grant of incentives to the heirs of deceased employees. They appreciated Speaker’s initiative for human resources development, automation of official record, creation of paperless environment and austerity in expenditures in the National Assembly Secretariat besides powering Parliament House with solar energy. The Speaker also directed for immediate provision of shade, drinking water and benches in area designated for media and drivers near Gate no.1 of Parliament House.

The meeting was attended by MNAs Ms. Leila Khan, Ms. Shaista Pervaiz, Mian Muhammad Manan, Malik Aitibar Khan, Sardar Amjad Farooq Khosa, Ms. Munza Hasan, Mr. Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan, Raja Muhammad Javed Ikhhlas, Ch. Armaghan Shubani, Secretary and other senior officers of National Assembly Secretariat.