ISLAMABAD, March 3: The speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain decided to defer the debate on foreign policy which was to be taken up on Monday after he found that the foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri was abroad and the members desirous of taking part in the debate had not communicated their names to his chamber for preparation of a list.

Since the Tuesday is private members day the debate will be held on Wednesday.