Senate chairman reviews arrangements for Asian Parliamentary delegates' meeting

GWADAR: A three-day conference of Asian Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee on Political Affairs and the Special Committee for the Creation of Asian Parliament will commence at Gwadar from Monday.

Senate chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani reached Gwadar to review arrangements for the meet.

The conference being hosted by the Senate of Pakistan will help project Gwadar in a different manner and bring Parliamentary leadership of Asia together for promoting peace and development.

The Committee meetings will host Parliamentary delegates from 26 Asian Countries including Secretary General Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and will deliberate on matters of mutual interest to Asian region in terms of political affairs, economic trade and other regional issues in addition to passing historic declarations and resolutions.

The APA meetings at Gwadar aim to bring Parliamentary leadership together in promoting peace and development.

Earlier, the Chairman Senate said that Gwadar is the future economic hub of the country and the purpose of holding of international conference is to highlight economic importance of Pakistan as well as giving a message that Pakistan is a peaceful country with enormous investment potential.

He said the new city of the Gwadar is being established as a centre of economic activity for the whole region.