Islamabad; April 12, 2014: The Seventeenth Conference of the Speakers will be held in Islamabad from 13 to 15 April 2014 in Islamabad. The Conference will be inaugurated by the Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the Constitution Room of Parliament House.

The Conference will be attended by Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan, Speakers and Deputy Speakers of Provincial Assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Speakers of Legislative Assemblies of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The Secretaries of the Provincial legislatures and Legislative Assemblies will assist their respective Speakers.

The Speakers, during the course of deliberations, will review the decision taken in 16th Speakers Conference held in Lahore besides deliberating upon issues concerning legislation, working of committees and other administrative issues of their respective Houses and promotion of healthy Parliamentary traditions in Pakistan. On the conclusion of the Conference, “Islamabad Declaration” would be adopted.

The Secretaries of the National and Provincial legislatures and Legislative Assemblies met in Islamabad on 3rd April, 2014 in Islamabad and finalized the agenda for the 17th Speakers Conference.

The current Conference would help promote healthy tradition of tolerance, dialogue and commitment to democracy.