Islamabad, January 18, 2023 (PPI-OT):The convener of the Parliamentary Task Force on Sustainable Development Goals Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam has said that the National Assembly of Pakistan is the first parliament in the world which is paying special attention to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
She said that the SDGs Secretariat was established in the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2016 and also in the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, including the four provinces. She expressed these views during a meeting with the Belgian parliamentary delegation headed by the Chairperson of the Belgium-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group Ms. Alicia Claes.
Convener of SDGs Romina Khurshid Alam has also said that the Parliamentary Task Force for Sustainable Development Goals established in the National Assembly of Pakistan is working on achieving 17 sustainable development goals in the country.
A two-day national dialogue was also organized in which the parliamentary delegations including the speakers of the four provinces, the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly participated. The process is set.
She said that Pakistan was also badly affected by the recent devastating floods and people’s houses and standing crops were severely destroyed by this flood. She said that the world has to move forward for the rehabilitation of the families affected by the recent devastating floods and cooperate with Pakistan in this difficult situation.
Alicia Claes, Chairperson of the Belgium-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Belgian Parliament, congratulated Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam for organizing a successful two-day national dialogue on SDGs. Expressing regret over the losses, she assured all kinds of cooperation from the Belgian government.
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