Parliament on Sunday formed a 10-member special committee with a 30-day tenure to submit a report with recommendations for addressing the country’s energy situation stemming from the Middle East crisis.

The committee, headed by Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku (as the chairman), was formed under the rule 266 of the rules of procedure after Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni placed a proposal for the formation of the body in the House.

The joint committee was constituted with five members each from the treasury bench and the opposition bench.

The five members from the treasury bench are Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku, State Minister Anindya Islam Amit, and BNP MPs ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan (Laxmipur-4), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-2) and Miah Nuruddin Ahmad Apu (Shariatpur-3).

The five members from the opposition bench are Jamaat lawmakers Md Saiful Alam (Dhaka-12), Md Nurul Islam (Chapainawabganj-3) and Md Abdul Baten (Dhaka-16), NCP MP Md Abul Hasnat (Cumilla-4) and Khilafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5).

On April 23, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed in Parliament the formation of a 10-member joint committee seeking five names from the opposition to work together on ‘rational solutions’ to the country’s ongoing energy problem.

He also proposed five names from the government side for the committee.

Hours later on the same day, Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman in the House proposed five MPs from his side for a 10-member joint committee.