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We Will Have to Work Above The Party Line and Territorial Affiliation to Establish A Prosperous Healthy And Stable Pakistan: Says NA Speaker

Tuesday, 18th December, 2018

ISLAMABAD: December 18, 2018: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that human development is the top priority of the incumbent Government. He said that the progress of any society depended upon the better growth of its young generation and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf has made this philosophy its manifesto to bring revolution and establish a new Pakistan. He further said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has taking the Nation into confidence on sensitive issue of stunting and gave its removal the main goal of his Government. He expressed these views while addressing the meeting of National Parliamentary Task force on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Parliament House on Tuesday.

The Speaker said that he is pleased to know that SDGs Parliamentary task force has already being working on the subject of Stunting and also hold Conference on the topic of malnutrition of the children. He said that after the passage of 18th Amendment, most of the matters regarding the SDGs have been transferred to Provincial Government. However, the federation was still responsible of those international guarantees which signed by the State of Pakistan. He said that being real representative of Parliament has right to oversight and guide the people and executive in these matters.

The Speaker stressed upon the Parliamentary Task force to promote contacts with all Provincial Assemblies including Gilgit-Baltistan. He said that he will write letters to all Provincial Assemblies Speakers and give them suggestion for Constitution of such task force in their respective Assemblies. He expressed the hope that better results will be achieved with cooperation between Federal and Provincial task forces. He said that Pakistan has the honour that its Parliament is the 1st Parliament of the world which included SDGs in its Parliamentary agenda and established up to date SDGs Secretariat in Parliament House with cooperation of United Nation Development Program. He said that we all have work together above party line for prosperous healthy and stable Pakistan.

Speaker assured all possible cooperation of National Assembly Secretariat to SDGs Parliamentary taskforce. While updating the members of Task force about Project Management Unit (PMU) in the National Assembly Secretariat he advised the member of Task Force to utilize the facilities provided in PMU. He said that he has issued direction to PMU to prepare five year strategic plan for fifteen National Assembly and a committee comprising of representatives all Parliamentary Parties in the National Assembly will also be constituted in this regards. He further said that an important chapter regarding the SDGs task force will also be a part of this strategic plan.

The convener of National Parliamentary Taskforce SDGs Mr. Riaz Fatyana highlighted the issues of malnutrition and stunting during the meeting. He stressed the need for elimination of poverty and  illiteracy to achieve SDGs agenda 2030. He also informed the meeting that SDGs Parliamentary Task force is going to be organized a national conference on SDGs in March 2019 and regional conference on SDGs in mid of October 2019.

Besides convener of National Parliamentary Task Force on SDGs the MNAs who attended the meeting were Nawabzada Shah Zain Bugtti, Ms. Kishwer Zehra, Mr. Ali Wazir, Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, Ms. Kanwal Shauzab, Ms. Mehnaz Akber Aziz, Ms. Shandana Gulzar Khan, Dr. Nausheen Hamid, Mr. Asad Mehmood, Mr. Faiz Ullah, Mr. Junaid Akbar, Ms. Wajiha Akram and Mr. Ramesh Lal.