- NA speaker to launch National Assembly Strategic Plan (NASP) 2015-2018 today at PIPS
After withdrawal of de-seating motions against them by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators are expected to make their way into the House as the National Assembly and the Senate will resume their sessions in Islamabad today.
The Senate will start its proceedings at 3:30 pm. It will be private members day in the Upper House. The Senate is expected to adopt a motion for creation of a committee of the entire house to discuss mode of elections for Senate.
The National Assembly session will begin at 5pm. Besides the routine business, it will discuss important national issues.
NA SET TO LAUNCH ITS STRATEGIC PLAN:
Moreover, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will launch National Assembly Strategic Plan (NASP) 2015-2018 today (Monday) at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS), Islamabad.
The ceremony will be attended by parliamentarians, representatives of the diplomatic community, intellectuals and media representatives.
This plan was made under the supervision of Sadiq who formed a Strategic Planning Oversight Committee (SPOC) with representation from all major political parties and to ensure sustainability and continuity of previous useful measures, key MNAs. He clearly demonstrated its vital need to continue all positive developments for the august body, regardless of political, leadership or affiliation.
The speaker immediately after assuming his office, initiated reforms within the House. These reforms were aimed at moving away from the traditional piecemeal approach to a more holistic approach ensuring that the entire House, benefits from the reform process.
The cornerstone of speaker’s vision is to ensure that the National Assembly moves away from conventional working environment which is deemed to be outdated, to a more modern, more professional and automated form of working.
The speaker envisioned transforming the current National Assembly to an e-Parliament and to bring the NA at par with other developed Parliaments of the world. Information Communication and Technology (ICT) reforms are one of the six Goals that will be crosscutting through the five Goals that drive the Strategic Plan.
SPOC deliberated upon development of the National Assembly Strategic Plan (NASP) for 2015-2018 with the assistance of Improving Parliamentary Performance in Pakistan (IP3) an EU funded Project and the Project Management Unit (PMU).
Six key goals were set under this strategic plan i.e. strengthen all aspects of legislation making it effective and beneficial to the people of Pakistan; ensure and oversight is enabled at all times and across all platforms particularly for parliamentary committees assuring transparency, accountability and judicious use of time and resources; safeguard the integrity of the assembly by improving its representative role; move from the traditional mode of working towards an automated e-parliament by undertaking structured reforms in Information Communication and Technology (ICT);strengthen PIPS (Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services) into a premier training and research institute for members and staff of the national parliament and the four provincial assemblies.
