Senate Foreign Affairs body wants Iran-US conflict briefing
Senators also pressed for updates on the Makkah Pact and flagged delays in Foreign Office document attestation.
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee sought a full briefing on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s UN engagements and Pakistan’s role amid the Iran-US conflict.
Senator Agha Shahzaib Durrani also asked for updates on the Makkah Pact and wider regional developments at the next meeting.
Members welcomed the new Foreign Secretary but voiced concern that the Foreign Minister was absent from the sitting.
MoFA said about 65% of attestation work is digitised via HEC; apostille is about 35%, with NADRA integration and QR verification planned.
The panel reviewed SCO and ECO leadership priorities and held an in-camera session on Afghanistan relations.