NA speaker discusses construction of additional block of Parliament House
National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday chaired a meeting to discuss the proposed construction of additional block of parliament building in the parking area of the Parliament House.
NA Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abassi, secretaries of NA, Senate Secretariat, Cabinet Division and Planning Division, CDA chairman and other officers of the concerned departments attended the meeting. The representative of CDA briefed the meeting about the progress on the project.
The speaker directed all the concerned officials to finalise the proposal at the earliest for resource allocation and initiation of construction work. He said that the space constraint in the present parliament building has necessitated the construction of the additional block which will accommodate offices of the parliament staff, committee rooms and parking space. He said that since the proposed building would be an extension of the parliament building, therefore it should be architecturally and aesthetically in consonance with the old building. He further directed that the provision should be made in the proposed building for future expansion besides making it energy efficient and maximum utilisation of available space.
The representatives of all the departments assured the speaker that the design would be finalised within due course keeping in view the requirements of both the secretariats and sent to the competent forum for formal approval and resource allocation.
