Parliamentary ties for regional progress urged

National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Wednesday that parliamentary cooperation was a pre-requisite for furthering people-to-people contacts and boosting ties among the member states of the Commonwealth.

He made these remarks during the 26th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), in the Australian capital, Ashraf urged parliaments to work jointly on common issues, particularly climate change and the socio-economic uplift of the masses.

“Adaptation of modern technology can help parliaments to fast pace their workings and expand outreach to general public.”