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Islamabad, January 6; On the first day of the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians� Dialogue here in Islamabad, MPs from both side were unanimous that the trust deficit should be removed particularly in the areas that divide the two countries, with a view to resume the dialogue and promote a people�s movement for peace and reconciliation The Dialogue is organised and facilitated by Pakistan Institute of legislative development and transparency (PILDAT). |
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Senator S. M. Zafar from Pakistan and former Indian Minister for external affairs Yashwat Sinha from India co-chaired the Parliamentarians� Dialogue while Senator Jan. M. Jamali, Deputy Chairman Senate and Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Deputy Speaker National Assembly, formally opened the dialogue.
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The Indian Parliamentarians participating in the dialogue include Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member Rajya Sabha (Indian National Congress); Mr. Vijay Darda, Member Rajya Sabha (Indian National Congress); Ms. Naznin Faruque>/b>, Member Rajya Sabha (Indian National Congress); Mr. Shatrughan Sinha, Member Lok Sabha (Bharatiya Janata Party); Mr. Assaduddin Owaisi, Member Lok Sabha (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen), and Mr. Pradeep Majhi, Member Lok Sabha (Indian National Congress). |
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Pakistani Parliamentarians engaged in the Dialogue include Senator Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Leader of the House in the Senate (PPPP), Senator Waseem Sajjad, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (PML), Senator Jahangir Badar (PPPP), Senator Salim Saifullah Khan, Chairman Senate Foreign Affairs Committee (PML), Senator Ilyas Bilour, Chairman Senate Committee on Commerce (ANP), Dr. Donya Aziz, (PML), Khurram Dastagir Khan, Chairman National Assembly Committee on Commerce (PML-N), Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Abdul Qadir Baloch (PML-N), Mr. Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman (PML-N), Shaikh Waqas Akram, Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum (PML), Senator Syeda Sugra Imam (PPPP), Ms. Fozia Ejaz khan (MQM), Senator Zahid Khan, (ANP); Mr. Lal Chand, MNA, (PPPP), and Senator Saeeda Iqbal (PPPP). |
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