Assemblies will play role towards achieving targets of SDGs: speaker

Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that national and provincial assemblies would play their role to achieve the targets of 'Sustainable Development Goals" (SDGs). The Speaker said this while inaugurating the secretariat of Sustainable Development Goals in the Parliament House on Wednesday. Speakers, deputy speakers, members of the Parliament, and diplomats of 34 countries including China and Germany participated in the inaugural ceremony.
The Speaker National Assembly said that national and provincial assemblies would also make legislation to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals. He said that commitment and good environment would ensure to face the challenges and to achieve the objectives.
"I also thank the Chinese for contributing to national energy. Today, China's gift of solar power system to the parliament has generated 100 MW of electricity. In coming days, the Prime Minister would inaugurate the solar power system of the Parliament. This exercise should be done at levels of provincial assembly and government departments," he said. He also thanked the donors for capacity building of the Parliament. He stressed upon the need of a multi-pronged strategy on national and provincial level and called for a vigilant role of the National and Provincial SDG task forces in this regard.