Report: Senator Mushahid elected as APA vice president (Istanbul)

According to a new report, 33 parliaments of Asia in Istanbul unanimously elected Senator Mushahid Hussain as the vice president of APA at the annual meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). He was also elected in-charge of Political Affairs Committee.

In addition, APA decided that Pakistan will be the next president for 2 years. It requested the Senate of Pakistan to host the APA during 2020-21.

Pakistan will continue to play a leadership role in the quest for an Asian parliament, Senator Mushahid Hussain said. He also said that the spiritual father of Pakistan and the great poet Allama Iqbal had predicted the resurgence of Asia and the rise of China in his poetry along time back.

In accordance with the predictions of the Poet of Pakistan, the balance of economic and political power was shifting from the West to the East, he added. The Belt and Road Initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping was the most vital developmental vision in the 21st century, he noted.
He also termed Pakistan as a ‘robust and resilient democracy.

“Pakistan has hosted the largest refugee population for the longest period and has also fought the longest and most successful inland war on terrorism, as the biggest victim of terrorism, suffering 70,000 casualties, including soldiers and civilians”.