NA current session will continue till May 24: NA Speaker

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has stressed on the need of having friendly environment in the National Assembly during session as the role of both government and an opposition benches is of prime importance in the house in this regard.

He expressed these views while presiding over the meeting of leaders of both government and opposition benches in the parliament house on Monday.

During the meeting it was decided that current session of the National Assembly Session will continue till 24th May, 2019. The Speaker said that maintaining peace and friendly environment in the house is the collective responsibility of both government and opposition benches.

He said we need to respect one another opinion and there is a need of patience and tolerance. He said that strong parliament ensures prosperous country. While stressing on the need of legislation, he said that effective legislation can solve the issues faced by masses and it is the only way by which the respect of the house be upheld.

He also stressed on the need that all political parties should have commonality of views on the solution of the challenges faced by masses in the country.

The participants of the meeting appreciated the non-partisan role of Asad Qaiser Speaker National Assembly during the sitting of the house and they assured the speaker their all out cooperation in order to have friendly environment during the proceedings of the house.

Those who attended the meeting includes Minister for Defense Pervaiz Khattak, Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qurashi, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri , Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri,  MNAs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf,  Syed Naveed Qamar, Shazia Mari,  Khawja Muhammad Asif, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Ihsan Iqbal, Mohsin Dawar, Abdul Wasai, Muneer Khan Orkazie, Sajid Hussain Turi and Shoukat Ali.