Elections of chairmen of NA standing committees continue

ISLAMABAD: Dr Farooq Sattar elected as a Chairman of Standing Committee of National Assembly on Privatization.

The elections of standing committees of the National Assembly continued on Friday and chairmen of six standing committees of the National Assembly were elected unanimously.

The NA standing committees namely Information Technology and Telecommunication, Commerce, Privatization and Industries & Production elected their chairmen unanimously in their maiden meetings held Saturday in Parliament House.

The meetings were attended by members of the respective standing committees and chief whips of the PMLN, PPPP and MQM.

The elections were conducted by Muhammad Mushtaq, Advisor (Legislation), Syed Jawad Murtaza Naqvi Additional Secretary (Committees) and Syed Haseen Raza Zaidi, Joint Secretary (Committees).

The NA Standing Committee on Privatization elected Dr Farooq Sattar as its chairman and his name was proposed by Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani and seconded by all the members of the Committee.

The Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication unanimously elected Syed Aminul Haq as its Chairman. His name was proposed by Syed Mustafa Kamal, MNA and seconded by all the members of the Committee.

The Standing Committee on Commerce unanimously elected Muhammad Jawed Hanif Khan, MNA as its Chairman. His candidature was proposed by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig and supported by all the members of the Committee.

The standing committees on Industries & Production unanimously elected Syed Hafeezuddin as Chairman and his name was proposed respectively by Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani and seconded by all the members of the committee.

After conducting the elections, Advisor (Legislation) felicitated the newly elected chairmen on behalf of NA Speaker, Deputy Speaker and the Secretary General and assured their all-out support in discharge of their official responsibilities.

After the elections, the newly elected chairmen assumed their seats and thanked their party leadership and fellow colleagues for reposing confidence in them by electing them as the chairmen of the standing committees. They hoped that with the concerted efforts of the committee members, the committees would aptly play their role of parliamentary oversight on Executive.