Bilawal summons first meeting of NA standing committee on human rights

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights on April 18, ARY News reported Saturday.

The ministry has also released agenda of the meeting.

Bilawal has sought a briefing from the ministry officials on different matters pertaining to human rights.

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This is the first meeting of the human rights committee to be presided over by Bilawal Bhutto. Sources said matters pertaining to issues of human rights would come under discussion and key decisions could be taken to resolve them.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was elected as the chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee for Human Rights on March 5.

In a tweet, Bilawal had thanked lawmakers from across party lines who had “unanimously” elected him as the chairperson of the committee.

“Human rights are the foundation stone of any democracy. We must ensure every Pakistani[‘s] human rights,” he added.

On February 5, NA Speaker Asad Qaiser had constituted the 36 standing committees of the lower house. Bilawal was nominated as a member of the Standing Committee for Human Rights, while his father Zardari was not included in any of the bodies.

Bilawal said he was proud that he had been given the important responsibility.