The government and opposition on Thursday prepared a power-sharing formula for formation of National Assembly committees, after which the negotiations entered the final stage.

The government alliance will get chairmanship of 26 committees of the National Assembly while opposition will have chairmanship of 11 committees.

Similarly, the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee will be from the opposition and the chairman of the Kashmir Committee will be appointed from the government side.

The speaker will be the chairman of the National Assembly House Business Advisory Committee.

According to the framework, standing committees will have 13 members and Public Accounts Committee will have 16 members from the government alliance.

Likewise, Kashmir Committee will have 15 members while House Business Advisory will have 18 members from the coalition government.

The number of opposition members in the standing committees of the National Assembly, Public Accounts Committee and Kashmir Committee will be 7-7.

Apart from this, the chairman of 14 committees of the National Assembly will be from the Muslim League-N, while PPP will get chairmanship of eight committees.

MQM will get chairmanships of two committees. Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) will get one chairmanship each.

10 committees will be chaired by independent members supported by PTI while one committee will be chaired by JUI.

Out of the 20 members of the standing committees, 14 members will be appointed from the government side and six from the opposition parties.

Each standing committee will have seven members from PML-N, four from PPP and one member each from PML-Q and MQM.

In the standing committee, five independent members of PTI and one member of JUI will be given membership as committee members.

Of the 23 members of the Public Accounts Committee, 16 MPs will be included from the government and seven from the opposition.
About 22 members of the Privileges Committee, 15 members will be included from the government and seven from the opposition side. Of 16 members in the government assurances committee, 11 will be from the government and five from the opposition.

In the 22-member Kashmir Committee, the government’s quota will be 15 while the opposition will contribute with seven members. Of the 26 members of the House Business Advisory Committee, 18 will be from the government and eight from the opposition.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has removed Islamabad Chief Commissioner retired captain Anwarul Haq.

Sources said Muhammad Ali Randhawa was likely to be appointed as Islamabad chief commissioner after the removal of retired Captain Anwarul Haq.

Muhammad Ali Randhawa is a grade 20 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service.

A letter has been written to secretary Establishment Division by Ministry of Interior’s section officer (admin) Ghulam Murtaza.

The letter states that the Ministry of Interior required the services of Muhammad Ali Randhawa, presenting working as Lahore commissioner under the Punjab Government, as chief commissioner in Islamabad or CDA.

So Randhawa’s services should be entrusted to the Ministry of Interior, the letter further said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the removal of barriers outside government and private buildings, including the Rangers headquarters, within three days and submit a report.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa gave the order while hearing a case related to encroachments in Karachi registry of the apex court.

The CJP observed that no one is allowed to obstruct the free movement of the people. It is illegal to block roads and create obstacles. The federal and provincial governments are erecting encroachments, he added.

The chief justice remarked that send the bill of expenses incurred on removing the encroachments to senior officers and collect the amount from their pocket.

He said imagine the problems pedestrians face while walking around the buildings.

The CJP ordered that the roads belonging to the KMC (Karachi Metropolitan Corporation) should be cleared of encroachments and the Rangers should also be instructed to do so.

CJP Isa in his order directed the Additional Attorney General to inform the federal agencies and send a copy of the court order to all concerned and security agencies.