The government and the opposition have reportedly reached a consensus on the number of standing committees and the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), media reported on Wednesday.
The session of the parliamentary leaders was held under Asad Qaiser, where Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervez Khattak, Farogh Naseem attended from the government side while Rana Tanveer, Naveed Qamar and others attended from the Opposition’s side. The issue of standing committees was discussed during the session and it was decided that PAC chairmanship would be awarded to the opposition.
Government member Rana Tanveer said that in the first phase, two committees would be formed including PAC and Law and Justice Committee. He further said that the committees would be formed by Friday and the opposition would get its share. Meanwhile, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) politician Naveed Qamar remarked that the opposition had a right to form up to 19 committees while the government was saying it would review the situation. PPP lawmaker Shazia Mari said that the government wanted to give opposition 17 committees.
Published in Daily Times, December 20th2018.
