Chairman Senate For Extending Specialized Management Courses On Parliamentary Services

Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Monday said that the specialized management courses on parliamentary services would be extended across the country

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Monday said that the specialized management courses on parliamentary services would be extended across the country.

Presiding over the meeting of the Board of Governors (BoGs) of Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS), he said that mandatory trainings would be introduced for the employees of the Federal and provincial government departments and organizations.

The meeting was attended by a number of Board members including Mir Abdul Quddus Bazenjo, Speaker Provincial Assembly of Baluchistan, Senator Sherry Rehman, Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, Dr.

Fehmida Mirza, MNA, Naveed Qamar, MNA, Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, MNA, Ms. Nafeesa Inayat Ullah Khan Khattak, MNA, Ms. Shahida Akhtar Ali, MNA, Amjad Ali Khan, MNA, Secretary Senate Amjed Prevez Malik, officials of National Assembly and Senate Secretariats. Speaker Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly was also present during the meeting as an observer.

This was the first meeting of the BoG after transition of government in August, 2018. Chairman Senate/ President PIPS BoG welcomed the participants especially those members who were attending the meeting for the first time.

President BoG, Senator Sadiq Sanjrani, said that the legislators should focus on research and accurate data to effectively perform their legislative role.

He directed the Institute to design courses for the Government Officials to further deepen their understanding about the rules and function of the Parliamentary institutions in the country. It is aimed ensure aimed at ensuring that not only such courses are introduced at PIPS but modules of the Institutes offering mandatory trainings to the federal and provincial government employees be amended accordingly.

Executive Director PIPS Zafarullah Khan briefed the members about the progress of activities and apprised of the future course of action to serve the National Parliament and Provincial Legislatures in a better way.

He said that support provided by all the stakeholders helped the institute achieve its mandated functions and to emerge as a centre of parliamentary services. He also presented the proposed budget for FY 2019-20 and revised budget estimates for the current financial year i.e. 2018-19.

The board discussed the proposed agenda including the proposed budget and decided to discuss it again during the next meeting to be held within a week.

The annual report of the institute for the FY 2017-18 was presented before the Board which was approved for onward laying it in the Parliament. The Chairman Senate/ President PIPS BoGappreciated the contributions made by the members during the meeting and thanked them againfor their participation.