All parties unanimous on NA monitoring of war on terror

ISLAMABAD - Although the Speaker National Assembly Dr Fahmida Mirza got down to business for early constitution of the Parliamentary Committee to monitor Pakistan’s role in war on terror and to come up with suggestions when and where required, it is still a long way to go as the government is facing difficulties in taking some of its coalition partners along not to speak of the people sitting on the Opposition benches.
Sources privy to the developments taking place on this front disclosed to The Nation that in principle no Parliamentary party was against the idea of constitution of a Parliamentary Committee to monitor the ongoing war on terror and country’s role in it.
The decision in this connection was taken after the long in-camera briefing given to the Parliamentarians on the government’s policy regarding  the issue and the resolution adopted unanimously after the briefing besides other things the Parliamentary Committee also suggested formation of the Parliamentary Committee to monitor the country’s role in the ongoing war on terror.
Almost a week ago Speaker National Assembly started holding meetings with the Parliamentary leaders of various parties and the consultation was in progress and would likely be completed in another week or so.
The sources in the Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) disclosed to The Nation that Dr Fahmida Mirza had also held a detailed meeting with Ch Nisar Ali Khan, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and PML(N) Parliamentary Leader.
During the meeting they discussed the formation of the Parliamentary Committee and its ambit of work. The sources disclosed that PML(N) leader suggested that the size of the committee should be kept small, but  did not give the name of the PML(N) representative to the committee.
The sources in the PML(N) disclosed that the name of the PML(N) member would be given after consultation with the party leadership and the consultation process would take some time.
The sources further disclosed that Dr Fahmida Mirza had also discussed the matter with the leaders of other Parliamentary parties and the first round of consultations was complete.