NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO HOST 2-DAYS MEETING OF ECO PARLIAMENTARIANS.

            Islamabad; September 3, 2012: The Parliamentarians from

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Member Countries will arrive in

Islamabad today to attend a 2-days meeting of ECO Parliamentarians, to

be held from    4-5 September, 2012.

            The ECO Parliamentarians will deliberate upon and approve

the proposed draft charter of (to be formed) Parliamentary Association

of Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO). The Charter would be

formally adopted in the meeting of the Speakers/Presiding Officers of

the ECO Member Countries’ Parliaments to be held in Islamabad, later

this year.

            The establishment of PAECO is an initiative of Dr. Fehmida

Mirza, Speaker, National Assembly on the pattern of SAARC Speaker’s

Forum and Parliamentary Union of Organization of Islamic Countries

(PUOIC). This Parliamentary Forum has been envisaged to

institutionalize collaboration and interaction between Parliaments of

ECO Members Countries.

            The Parliamentarians from Pakistan, Turkey, Iran,

Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,

Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Secretary General ECO will attend the

meetings.