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LAHORE/ISLAMABAD – Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Organising Committee Chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that future destiny of Asia has to be decided by Asia’s leadership representing the people of region and time has come for Asian hands to shape the future of Asia.
He stated this on Saturday while briefing the journalists from Lahore about three-day 7th plenary of APA scheduled to be starting from December 3 in Lahore. Mushahid said that APA conference in Lahore will be unique in its nature and will be the biggest international parliamentary conference in the history of Lahore.
He briefed the journalists about the history and formation of APA telling them that the vision for APA was presented in Islamabad ten years ago in November 2004 when the “Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) decided to transform itself into APA. Now, again, Pakistan presented the vision to transform APA this into an Asian Parliament,” he said.
Pakistan is President of APA for a two year term, which is headed by the Senate Chairman Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari. Mushahid emphasized that the balance of economic as well as political power was shifting from west to east in this Asian Century. He said that Pakistan was today playing a pivotal role of a bridge between South East Asia and West Asia.
“Asia needs to discuss all the issues it faces, and this assembly will prove to be the right platform”, he said. He said that Indian efforts to isolate Pakistan had failed, and today, Pakistan was being courted by China, Russia and the US concurrently. Senator said that Pakistan is playing a leadership role in APA, leading with ideas, issues and initiatives.
Mushahid said that nobody should think that people don’t want to come to Pakistan because distinguished delegates from 25 countries were arriving here for the three day conference. To queries about whether APA will be able to achieve its goals of regional cooperation, the chairman said that SAARC was also put with same questions when it was established.
He said that the Asian Parliament was a doable vision within our lifetime, after all, the European Parliament and the Pan African Parliament were a reality, and in the Asian Security, the prosperity of Asia depends on peace, coexistence and cooperation.
Indian efforts to isolate Pakistan failed: Mushahid
He stated this on Saturday while briefing the journalists from Lahore about three-day 7th plenary of APA scheduled to be starting from December 3 in Lahore. Mushahid said that APA conference in Lahore will be unique in its nature and will be the biggest international parliamentary conference in the history of Lahore.
He briefed the journalists about the history and formation of APA telling them that the vision for APA was presented in Islamabad ten years ago in November 2004 when the “Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) decided to transform itself into APA. Now, again, Pakistan presented the vision to transform APA this into an Asian Parliament,” he said.
Pakistan is President of APA for a two year term, which is headed by the Senate Chairman Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari. Mushahid emphasized that the balance of economic as well as political power was shifting from west to east in this Asian Century. He said that Pakistan was today playing a pivotal role of a bridge between South East Asia and West Asia.
“Asia needs to discuss all the issues it faces, and this assembly will prove to be the right platform”, he said. He said that Indian efforts to isolate Pakistan had failed, and today, Pakistan was being courted by China, Russia and the US concurrently. Senator said that Pakistan is playing a leadership role in APA, leading with ideas, issues and initiatives.
Mushahid said that nobody should think that people don’t want to come to Pakistan because distinguished delegates from 25 countries were arriving here for the three day conference. To queries about whether APA will be able to achieve its goals of regional cooperation, the chairman said that SAARC was also put with same questions when it was established.
He said that the Asian Parliament was a doable vision within our lifetime, after all, the European Parliament and the Pan African Parliament were a reality, and in the Asian Security, the prosperity of Asia depends on peace, coexistence and cooperation.
Indian efforts to isolate Pakistan failed: Mushahid
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