ISLAMABAD:A two-day International Parliamentary Convention to commemorate Golden Jubilee of Constitution of Pakistan, kicked off at the National Assembly Hall here in Islamabad on Wednesday. Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf presided over the opening session. Political leaders, legal experts and scholarly luminaries along with eminent civil society, women activists, youth and minorities' representatives of more than seventeen countries including Kenya, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Oman, Tajikistan, and Kirghizstan are participating in the Convention.

The Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Chairman of the Parliaments from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Syria and Belgium are participating in the convention.