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ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that youth is being engaged in the parliamentary legislation to further the democratic norms in the society.
Asad Qaiser said that legislation being the prime function of Parliament needs research and technical support, especially at the drafting stage. He said that intelligentsia and academia input was imperative for quality legislation.
The NA speaker said legislative drafting as an elective course in law schools will support the process of drafting both at the federal and provincial levels.
Qaiser expressed these views at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Assembly Secretariat and MANTAQ- a research center in the Parliament House.
The MoU was signed by Tahir Hussain, Secretary National Assembly and Farzana Yaqoob, CEO of Mantaq. Asad Qaiser said that the cooperation between Academia and Parliament would enable legislation in the best public interest.
He welcomed the initiative of MANTAQ- a research institute to start TADVEEN- A Legislative Drafting and Research program under which legislative drafting research and review will be offered as an elective course in law schools of Lahore Institute of Management Sciences (LUMS) and KINNAIRD University, Lahore.
This MoU aims at building Cooperation and support for legislative drafting, legislative scrutiny and research for quality legislation.
The representative of the Tadveen faculty expressed their gratitude to Asad Qaiser for his interest and support for legislative research and intelligentsia drafting expertise.
He assured that the National Assembly Secretariat and Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS) would fully support the students for their learning in legislative drafting and understanding the basic principles of drafting.
Farzana Yaqoob remarked about the lack of quality legislative drafters. She also appreciated Speaker’s support for academia and legislation matters.
Hamid Ali Shah Retired Chief Justice Lahore High Court and head of the core committee of Tadveen said that such kinds of courses would include across-the-board students from law schools all over parliament and it would be an appropriate initiative to make Parliament more inclusive.