Interns to be trained at PIPS for work in parliament

ISLAMABAD: Inauguration ceremony of internship of 60 interns associated with the Senate of Pakistan under the National Internship Programme was held here at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS) on Tuesday. 

Executive Director PIPS Zafarulllah Khan in his welcome remarks to the interns said that the selected interns have gone through the tests of education system of Pakistan where there is no presence of parliamentary or constitutional history of Pakistan in the curriculum. He said that the interns in Senate will get an opportunity to see the actual working of the parliament.

Zafarullah Khan said that parliaments of the world have established procedures of research and support staff for legislators but there is no such practice in Pakistan. He said members of parliament in one day have to hold meetings and give briefings on diverse matters of Constitution, foreign affairs, defence, economy and many other areas for which they need expertise in research and drafting.

The interns will prove to be a useful support in this regard while also being able to see the life in the parliament closely. The ceremony was followed by an orientation session for the interns which will continue the next day as well and will include sessions titled, ‘Constitution of Pakistan’; ‘how does the Parliament work’; ‘parliamentary correspondence’, ‘time and task management’ and ‘life of a legislator’.