Senator Siddiqui, MNA Baig to attend Asian Parliamentary Assembly summit in Qatar

ISLAMABAD: A two-member parliamentary delegation, comprising Senator Irfan Siddiqui and MNA Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, is scheduled to depart for Doha on Tuesday to attend the Asian Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Qatar.

The delegation, headed by PMLN parliamentary leader in the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Irfan Siddiqui, will participate in the meeting of the Standing Committee on Budget and Planning of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, scheduled for November 4 to November 7.

The meeting will focus on a two-point agenda concerning the budget and planning of the Parliamentary Assembly. Pakistan is a member of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, which comprises 43 countries including China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bangladesh, with 14 countries holding observer status.