Dar-Led 11-Member Committee Formed to Oversee KP Affairs, Parliament Sessions Called for This Evening
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed an 11-member committee to oversee the affairs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in the province. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will head the new body as its convener.
Who is on the committee
According to sources, the committee includes Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Kashmir Affairs Minister Amir Muqam, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, MQM convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and prime ministerial adviser Rana Sanaullah. The Pakistan Peoples Party, the Balochistan Awami Party and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party will each have one representative on the panel.
What the committee will do
The new body will monitor governance, law and order and day-to-day administrative affairs in the province on a daily basis and report to the prime minister. It is separate from the 11-member advisory council headed by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, which assists the governor in running provincial affairs. The federal committee is expected to stay in close contact with the new provincial setup and assist it on security and other matters.
Parliament meets this evening
Separately, President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned sessions of the Senate and the National Assembly for 6pm today, Tuesday. The sessions are expected to take up endorsement of the emergency and governor’s rule proclamation for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as required under the Constitution. Government sources say the length of the emergency will depend on the security situation in the province.
