Senate Pakistan, APA sign MoU

ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Senate Secretariat and Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Secretariat.
Secretary Senate, Amjed Pervez Malik and Secretary General of APA Dr. M.H Nejad Hosseinian signed the MoU in this regard.
Aim of the MoU was to establish a provisional Secretariat of APA.
The Secretariat has been established for enhanced coordination between the Central Secretariat in Tehran, Iran and to chalk-out a line of action in accordance with the charter of Central Secretariat of APA besides making the forum more robust to take measures for growth and prosperity of the member states.
It is pertinent to mentioned here that Chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari was elected as President of the APA for two years during the 6th Plenary of APA held in Pakistan last year in December.
The conference was hosted by Senate Secretariat in which nearly 230 parliamentarians from different Asian countries participated.