Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- ISLAMABAD - A Senate sub-committee on Monday decided to escalate complaints to Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif over the repeated absence of senior officials of NHA from the Ministry of Communications, terming the conduct a breach of parliamentary privilege.

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The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Communications, chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha, expressed serious dissatisfaction after both the National Highway Authority (NHA) chief executive officer and the communications secretary once again skipped the meeting. Senators Zamir Hussain Ghumro and Saifullah Abro were also in attendance.

The senators noted that the officials had pre...