Fourth Commonwealth Asia Regional Conference will be held in Karachi from 23rd February 2012 to 3rd March 2012. This was finalised after the meeting of secretaries of the National Assembly, Senate of Pakistan and secretaries from all four provincial assemblies of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka are in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Asian region.
The theme of the sessions at 4th Commonwealth Asia Regional Conference will be
- Parliamentary role in improvement of the status of women, child rights and violence against women.
- Parliamentary committees and effective oversight committee system.
- Strengthening democracy and the role of parliaments; challenges and solutions.
- Poverty and economic growth.