ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Education Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali has sent a reference to Speaker National Assembly against Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Education Abid Sher Ali for breaching his powers. Talking to mediamen after the inaugural session of 11th International Pure Mathematics Conference 2010' held at Quaid-I-Azam University (QAU), he said Abid Sher Ali should follow the rules and regulations of the National Assembly Standing Committee. He clarified that neither the Standing Committee could pass orders nor punish anybody. Abid Sher should read article 4 of the Constitution which mentions that as Chairman Standing Committee he can not issue orders. Abid Sher should work within the powers given to him by law, he said. Ruling out any possibility of mid term elections, Sardar Aseff said a conniving group wanted to get mid term elections through conspiracy but their desire would not be fulfilled. The Minister said the standing committees can call anybody and if it called him he would appear before the committee. The conference was arranged by National Centre for Physics (NCP), QAU, and Preston University under the theme of 'Algebra, Geometry and Analysis to provide a novel opportunity for researchers to meet and share their work with some outstanding and eminent mathematicians. Addressing the participants, QAU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Masoom Yasinzai said that Mathematics was playing a significant role in the development of science and technology all over the world and people were benefiting from it innovations. Being one of the most important countries in the world, Pakistan cannot afford to undermine its role in the global affairs in general, and science and technology in particular. He said it was essential for Pakistani mathematicians to remain in touch with the international community of their counterparts. Our universities should ensure that their mathematical enterprise maintains contact with the international mathematicians community through various means, such as, by attending conferences abroad and inviting foreign scholars to attend similar conferences in Pakistan, he said. Three foreign mathematicians, twelve local experts and forty five other speakers would share their experience and knowledge with the participants of the conference.