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Monday, January 21, 2013
Senate to move resolution for Nobel Peace Prize for Bilour
By Tanveer AhmedISLAMABAD: All parliamentary groups in the Upper House of Parliament will move a resolution to recommend the name of former KP senior minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour for Nobel Peace Prize Award.
Bashir Bilour, assassinated last month in a terrorist attack, was believed to be hard voice against terrorism and extremism in the country.
The Senate session, starting today (Monday) in the Parliament House, has the resolution for Bashir Bilour prominent on its order of the day.
The House, in its brief sitting for just two days in the beginning of this month, has already passed a resolution to pay homage to his sacrifice for the country and nation.
The all parties’ resolution to recommend the name of Bashir Bilour for the Nobel Peace Prize is expected to sail through the House and will be later forwarded to relevant quarters for moving it to Nobel Prize committee.
The parliamentary groups supporting this resolution include Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), PML-Q, Balochistan National Party (Awami), National Party and members from FATA.
According to parliamentary sources, the resolution will be paying homage to the late leader and in view of his services for the nation it would recommend his name of Nobel Peace Prize.
“The services of Bilour are not less than any other person who had worked for peace in societies and was awarded this prestigious award,” parliamentary sources said.
Apart from resolution for Bashir Bilour, both Houses of parliament, will also take up a heavy agenda during the coming session.
The Houses are expected to have heated debate on various national issues, particularly the recently concluded long march of Dr Tahirul Qadri, which all the political parties had opposed.
According to sources in the PML-N, the party will take up the agreement between Dr Tahirul Qadri and the government, which it said has no legal status.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk