Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has constituted the Parliamentary Committee on National Security to oversee implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and other issues related to national security. He constituted the committee on Friday in pursuance of the motion adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate in their sittings held on February 21 and March 01, 2019, respectively.
The committee consists of leaders of parliamentary parties in the National Assembly and the Senate under the chairmanship of the speaker with following composition and terms of reference. The functions of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security include: (1) to discuss issues of urgent nature relating to national security; (2) to review, monitor and oversee periodically implementation of the National Action Plan with a view to ensuring its expeditious implementation; (3) to monitor the process of transition from military courts to civil courts through criminal justice reforms; (4) and to present periodical reports of the committee to both Houses of the Parliament.
Besides the Speaker National Assembly, the committee consist of Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Azam Khan Swati, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Chaudhary Tariq Bashir Cheema, Minister for Housing and Works, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Minister for Railways, Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Leader of Opposition, MNAs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asad Mehmood, Khalid Hussain Magsi, Muhammad AKhter Mengal, Ghous Bux Khan Mahar, Nawabzada Shah Zain Bugti and Amir Haider Azam Khan, and Senators Mushahid Ullah Khan, Sherry Rehman, Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, Maulana Abdula Ghafoor Haideri, Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, Siraj ul Haq, Sitara Ayaz, Dr Jeehanzeb Jamaldini, Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah, Anwar ul Haq Kakar and Aurangzeb Khan.
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