Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing committee on The Interior has directed NADRA to prepare a record of families affected by terrorism.

The committee also directed the authority to compile a list of martyred and injured soldiers.

The committee met under Shamim Ahmad Khan at NADRA headquarters. Committee members present were Javed Ali Shah, Ghalib Khan, Sheikh Akram, Iftikharul Hasan, Basit Bokhari, Shahid Bhatti, and Ali Hasan Gilani.

Some members expressed their reservations over the minutes of the previous meeting. The Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2017-18 was also approved.

Akram asserted that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had never attended the committee meeting.

“If the Minister gives his time to the committee meeting then it will be a matter of pride and honour for the committee,” he added. The committee Chairman said the minister had only attended a meeting last year.

Akram stated however, that former interior minister Rehman Malik used to attend meetings regularly. Criticising Malik, some members objected to this being mentioned at the meeting.

Participants were told that work was underway on various projects in Islamabad Capital Territory, including the construction of BHU in Kirpa, the construction of a boundary wall at the vegetable market in Sector H-11/4, the construction of a bridge over Koran Nullah and the establishment of computer literacy centres in 12 union councils.