Parliamentary Cooperation pivotal for regional progress, says NA speaker.

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Wednesday that parliamentary cooperation was a pre-requisite for furthering people-to-people contacts and boosting ties among the member states of the Commonwealth.

He made these remarks during the 26th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), being held in Canberra, Australia from Jan 3-6,2023, said a message received here.

He urged the parliaments to work jointly on common issues, particularly climate change and the socio-economic uplift of the masses, saying adaptation of modern technology can help parliaments to fast pace their workings and expand outreach to the general public. The Parliament of Pakistan was at the forefront of modernization and digitization in its work.

It is pertinent to mention that the Parliament of Australia was hosting this important parliamentary moot from 56 countries of the...