{"id":14886,"date":"2025-12-03T04:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/03\/pra-pakistan-leaders-take-oath-parliament-house\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T04:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:11:34","slug":"pra-pakistan-leaders-take-oath-parliament-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/03\/pra-pakistan-leaders-take-oath-parliament-house\/","title":{"rendered":"PRA Pakistan Leaders Take Oath at Parliament House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly elected office-bearers of <strong>PRA Pakistan<\/strong> were sworn in at a formal ceremony held at Parliament House in Islamabad, where the Speaker of the National Assembly, <strong>Sardar Ayaz Sadiq<\/strong>, administered the oath and congratulated the new leadership on assuming their duties.<\/p>\n<p>The event drew senior parliamentarians and government officials, including Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting <strong>Attaullah Tarar<\/strong>, Deputy Chairman Senate <strong>Syedal Khan Nasir<\/strong>, MNA <strong>Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri<\/strong>, and MNA <strong>Sharmila Faruqi<\/strong>, with proceedings conducted by PRA Secretary <strong>Naveed Akbar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq described parliamentary reporters as the <em>&#8220;eyes and ears of Parliament&#8221;<\/em>, underlining that responsible reporting strengthens democratic processes. He reaffirmed that the National Assembly Secretariat will continue to provide every possible support to journalists covering parliamentary affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chairman Syedal Khan Nasir highlighted the representative character of <strong>PRA Pakistan<\/strong>, noting its membership from all four provinces and calling it a symbol of national unity. He said Parliament is taking steps to improve press gallery facilities and expand coverage opportunities for reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister Attaullah Tarar acknowledged the vital role of parliamentary reporters in conveying the House proceedings to the public and pledged cooperation to address long-standing challenges such as unemployment, job insecurity, and professional obstacles. PRA President <strong>M.B.B. Soomro<\/strong> thanked the guests and urged that the press gallery remain open during House and joint sessions, while calling for enhanced facilities, welfare funds, and institutional backing for PRA members.<\/p>\n<p>PRA Secretary Naveed Akbar reiterated that the new body reflects journalistic harmony across provinces and renewed the association&#8217;s request for a dedicated annual budget allocation to support journalists during difficult times. The ceremony also included presentation of traditional Sindhi Ajrak to guests, senior journalists, and newly elected members as a gesture of cultural harmony and national cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of parliamentary reporters, officials from the National Assembly and Senate, and representatives of various media houses attended the ceremony. <strong>PRA Pakistan<\/strong> extended special gratitude to the National Assembly and Senate Secretariats and to DG Media National Assembly, <strong>Zafar Sultan<\/strong>, for their role in facilitating a smooth and successful event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRA Pakistan leaders took oath at Parliament House Islamabad as Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and officials pledged support for parliamentary reporters&#8217; welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}