Chairman Senate of Pakistan Engages in Bilateral Talks with Acting Speaker of Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad
(MoU) Signed to strengthen Institutional Cooperation Between Senate Secretariat and the International Parliamentarians’ Congress (IPC)
Senator Saleem Mandviwalla Presiding Over a Meeting of The Senate Standing Committee on Aviation at Parliament House Islamabad
Senator Syed Ali Zafar, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice presiding over a Meeting of the Committee at Parliament Lodges, Islamabad
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