IRNA � A meeting of Special Committee on Creation of Asian Parliament (SCCAP) and Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Standing Committee on Political Affairs (SCPA) kicked off in Islamabad on Tuesday with the participation of Iranian parliamentary delegation.


The event was inaugurated by the Chairman of Senate Mian Raza Rabbani and Speaker of National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.

Member of Iranian Majlis cultural commission Sayyidah Fatimah Zoulqadr and Member of Majlis commission for foreign policy and national security Hajar Chenarani are representing Iran in the meeting.

More than seventy delegates from 23 different countries including member parliaments and others are participating in the all important meetings being hosted by the Senate of Pakistan.

During the event a number of resolutions are expected to be adopted by the SCCAP and SCPA.

Pakistan is likely to present the major resolutions including the one related to creation of the Asian Parliament.

Asian Parliamentary Assembly dates back to September 1999 when a group of Asian Parliamentarians decided to join hands for promotion of peace and human rights in Dhaka, Bangladesh by establishing Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) which was later on converted into APA in 2004 after passage of Islamabad declaration.

Since its inception, the Senate has played an active role to make the forum vibrant and has injected dynamism by putting forward innovation ideas for discussion aimed at regional integration and prosperity of the Asian region.

Senate of Pakistan also held the presidency of the important regional forum for two consecutive years and successfully hosted two plenary sessions of the forum in 2013 and 2014 respectively.