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Senate chairman for joint committee to oversee arbitration issues
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani said on Tuesday that a parliamentary committee, having a representation of both the Houses of the parliament, should be constituted to oversee arbitration issues and agreements/contracts being inked with various companies.
Speaking in the Senate, he said that the law committees of both the Houses of the parliament should have the representation in the proposed parliamentary oversight the committee which should ratify various agreements/contracts being inked with various companies.
He said that he would soon write a letter to National Assembly speaker for constituting the committee. Feelings of the upper house would be conveyed to the speaker regarding anomalies on arbitration issues with various companies. He said that amendment has already been done in relevant law asking the government to get ratification of every agreement from the parliament.