Presided over by its Chairman Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Homaid, the Shoura Council held its 61st session here today. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Secretary General of the Shoura Council Dr. Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Ghamdi said that the Council urged the Public Pension Agency to expedite the completion of the civil and military retirement regulation draft. The Council also approved an additional recommendation regarding a study on periodically increasing pension by a percentage that reflects the increased cost of living. The Council voted on the recommendations regarding the annual report of the Public Pension Agency for the fiscal year 1426/1427H. The Council listened to two reports on the participation of the Council's delegation in the third General Assembly Meeting of Asian Parliaments Union held recently in Indonesia and the Meeting of the Parliaments and Shoura Councils in Africa and Arab world held recently in Khartoum.
