DUSHANBE, January 26, 2015, Asia-Plus — The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament discussed the issue of ratification of a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Pakistan on setting up a joint working group (JWG) on the issues of combating international terrorism at a January 26 meeting, presided over by the Majlisi Namoyandagon Speaker, Shukurjon Zuhurov.
Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says the board also discussed amendments proposed to the country’s laws on licensing separate types of activity, pensions, and moratorium on inspection of activities of production enterprises as well as the country’s penal code.
Issues related to ratification of the Tajikistan-Pakistan on setting up a joint working group on the issues of combating international terrorism, a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and China on extradition and exchange of convicted persons, and the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the UN Specialized Agencies have been tabled to the agenda of the next sitting of the sixth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the fourth convocation, Sultonov said.
We will recall that the government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Pakistan on setting up a joint working group on the issues of combating international terrorism was singed here on June 17, 2014 during an official visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Tajikistan.
The Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies was adopted by UN General Assembly on November 21, 1947 to extend similar privileges to the specialized agencies of the United Nations. This convention has been ratified by 126 states.
