Little girl conducts NA proceedings
- 8 years ago
ISLAMABAD: Children diagnosed with thalassaemia acted as honorary MNAs and held a mock National Assembly session in Islamabad on Thursday.
The children battling with the blood disorder were invited by the Speaker of National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and were allowed to hold a mock session of the House.
Two of them were also appointed to act as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly to supervise the mock proceedings.
The arrangements were done as a part of special ceremony for the children suffering with thalassaemia and children battling being treated at Sundus Foundation held in the Parliament House.
Renowned literary figure, columnist and chaperone of Sundus Foundation, Munno Bhai was also present at the occasion.
While addressing the audience at the event, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq lauded the children suffering with Thalassemia for displaying immense courage and resilience in the face of this disease.
The speaker paid tribute to Sundus Foundation and said that it has rendered great service to this nation by taking on the humanitarian cause of supporting the poor sufferers of thalassaemia, mainly children through voluntary healthy blood transfusion services.
The speaker said that Munno Bhai, in his capacity as chaperone of the organisation has led this noble cause of reaching every corner of the country to collect donations from philanthropists for the unfortunate sufferers.
He stressed on the need of creating public awareness regarding importance of taking safety measures and precautions in order to minimize chances of thalassaemia disorder.
This was a dream come true for a little girl who took the speaker chair at National Assembly and conducted proceedings of the House.
Not only her, a child assumed the responsibility of deputy speaker while another became chairman of panel.
The children battling with the blood disorder were invited by the Speaker of National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and were allowed to hold a mock session of the House.
Two of them were also appointed to act as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly to supervise the mock proceedings.
The arrangements were done as a part of special ceremony for the children suffering with thalassaemia and children battling being treated at Sundus Foundation held in the Parliament House.
Renowned literary figure, columnist and chaperone of Sundus Foundation, Munno Bhai was also present at the occasion.
While addressing the audience at the event, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq lauded the children suffering with Thalassemia for displaying immense courage and resilience in the face of this disease.
The speaker paid tribute to Sundus Foundation and said that it has rendered great service to this nation by taking on the humanitarian cause of supporting the poor sufferers of thalassaemia, mainly children through voluntary healthy blood transfusion services.
The speaker said that Munno Bhai, in his capacity as chaperone of the organisation has led this noble cause of reaching every corner of the country to collect donations from philanthropists for the unfortunate sufferers.
He stressed on the need of creating public awareness regarding importance of taking safety measures and precautions in order to minimize chances of thalassaemia disorder.
This was a dream come true for a little girl who took the speaker chair at National Assembly and conducted proceedings of the House.
Not only her, a child assumed the responsibility of deputy speaker while another became chairman of panel.