Mushahid presents Defence Committee's third report to Senate

Date : December 21, 2012

Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Wednesday, December 19^th, presented committee’s third report to the Senate. The report is on two Public Hearings held in the month of September and November respectively. Senate Committee on Defence is setting a precedent by holding public hearings into the complete spectrum of national security issues which will help ensure the proactive role of the parliament. The first Public Hearing held on September 28^th was on the topic 'Towards a New Defence Strategy' including non-conventional defence, counterterrorism strategy, Afghanistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The second Public hearing was held on November 28th on “Civil Military Relations” and an over three-hour discussion was addressed by 26 people, including seven parliamentarians. The event had a hundred plus attendance of capacity crowd at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS). These frequent Public Hearings are aimed at devising policy guidelines for the government and parliament, and creating awareness on issues via public debate & discussion.

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