Senate body on foreign affairs should act as think tank: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the hope that the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs under the chairmanship of Senator Irfan Siddiqui would guide the government by playing the role of a think tank.

Senator Irfan Siddiqui, the leader of the parliamentary party of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) in the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House on Wednesday. Senator Irfan Siddiqui briefed the premier on the performance of parliamentary party in the Senate. 

Siddiqui also briefed the PM on the performance of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

The prime minister said the upper house should play a dynamic role in national unity and provincial harmony.