ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Speaker of the National Assembly, Chuadhry Amir Hussain, has directed Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration and Capital Development Authority (CDA) to ensure foolproof security arrangements inside and outside the Parliament Lodges.

He was presiding over a meeting held here on Wednesday to review the security arrangements of the lodges.

Officials of National Assembly Secretariat, ministry of interior, CDA chairman, chief commissioner and inspector general of police attended the meeting.

It was decided that identity stickers must be issued to the parliamentarians to paste on their vehicles. The CDA staff, working in the lodges, has been asked to wear specific uniform.

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