Category: Elections / Appointments

Islamabad, January 14, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Senate sitting was adjourned on Friday amid lack of quorum and opposition’s walkout from the proceedings, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the fifth sitting of 317th session:

Members’ Participation

The Senate met for 22 minutes.

The sitting started at the scheduled time of 10:00 am.

A member of panel of presiding officers chaired the entire sitting in the absence of chairman and the deputy chairman.

The leader of the house attended the entire sitting.

The leader of the opposition was present for 15 minutes.

The Prime Minister was not present.

As many as 14 lawmakers (14%) were present at the outset and 15 (15%) at the adjournment of sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PTI, PML-N, PkMAP and JI attended the sitting.

One out of four minority lawmaker was present.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House took up one out of 25 starred questions while a lawmaker asked one supplementary question as well. The remaining questions were not considered due to early adjournment of sitting amid quorum issue.

The House did not take up six motions under rule 194 (1) seeking extension for presentation of reports of standing committees on matters referred to them.

Order and Institutionalization

The entire opposition staged walkout from the proceedings at 10:15 am against the remarks of the Minister of state for parliamentary affairs. They did not return to the House till the adjournment of sitting.

A PPPP lawmaker pointed out the quorum soon after the walkout and the Chair ordered the bells to be rung for five minutes. The quorum was found incomplete upon counting and the House was adjourned to meet again on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 003:00 pm.

Transparency

Orders of the Day was available to the legislators, observers and public.

Attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

For more information, contact:
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Islamabad, January 14, 2022 (PPI-OT): The National Assembly left entire private members’ agenda unaddressed and consumed major part of the proceedings in points of order, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet on Friday.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of the 40th session:

Members’ Participation

The National Assembly met for 56 minutes.

The sitting started at 11:39 am against the scheduled time of 11:00 am.

The deputy speaker presided over the entire sitting in the absence of speaker.

The leaders of the house (Prime Minister) and the opposition did not attend the sitting.

As many as 53 (15 percent) lawmakers were present at the outset and 48 (14 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PML-N and GDA attended the sitting.

Six minority lawmakers were present.

Output

The House did not consider legislative business, 34 reports of standing committees, four private members’ resolutions and two amendments in the rules of procedure and conduct of business in the National Assembly, 2007. A motion was passed by the House in a previous sitting to take up private members’ agenda on Friday rather than Tuesday.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House did not consider five motions under Rule 259.

A calling attention notice was not taken up while other was deferred due to absence of relevant minister.

Order and Institutionalization

Sixteen lawmakers spoke on points of order for 47 minutes (84 percent of the proceedings’ time).

The House was adjourned to meet again on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 04:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to legislators, observers and public.

Attendance of lawmakers was available to media and observers.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
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Islamabad, January 03, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) transacted half of its agenda and adopted three resolutions on Monday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the 28th sitting of 20th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and 31 minutes.

The sitting started at 03:04 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire proceedings.

The deputy speaker did not attend the sitting.

The leader of the House (chief minister) was not present.

The opposition leader attended the entire sitting.

As many as 41 MPAs (28 percent) were present at the outset and 59 (41 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

Parliamentary leaders of all political parties were absent.

Three out of four minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

The House adopted three resolutions demanding the government to withdraw fuel price adjustment charges from electricity bills, finalize service structure of local government department’s employees and prepare centralized data of criminals involved in kidnapping of children. These resolutions were sponsored by PML-N, PTI and PPPP lawmakers respectively.

The Minister for finance introduced the Khyber Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 202.

Another bill – the KP Deserving Artists Welfare Endowment Fund Bill, 2021 – was deferred due to the absence of relevant minister.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House took up four out of seven starred questions while the remaining three questions were lapsed due to absence of relevant lawmakers. In addition, lawmakers asked four supplementary questions.

An adjournment motion about missing fertilizer from the markets of Dera Ismail Khan was deferred due to the absence of relevant lawmaker.

Ministers for housing responded to a calling attention notice regarding non-induction against 3000 posts in education department announced for merged districts of the province.

Another CAN on the agenda was not taken up due to the absence of mover.

Three lawmakers debated an adjournment motion for twenty minutes which was about adopting modern investigation techniques to trace the kidnapping cases.

Order and Institutionalization

Two lawmakers spoke on points of order for six minutes.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 02:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available for the legislators, observers and the media.

Attendance of the lawmakers was not available for the observers and the media.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
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Islamabad, September 14, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Sindh met for two minutes on Tuesday as the speaker adjourned the sitting due to less attendance of the lawmakers, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during third sitting of 23rd session.

Members’ Participation

The House met for two minutes.

The sitting started at 10:55 am against the scheduled time of 10:00 am.

The speaker presided over the sitting.

The Deputy Speaker was not present.

The Leaders of the House and Opposition did not attend the proceedings.

As many as five MPAs (3%) were present at outset and at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of PPPP attended the proceedings.

One out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Output.

The House did not consider three private members’ resolutions, two legislative proposals and a motion seeking leave for introduction of ten private members’ bills.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House neither observed question hour nor considered an adjournment motion regarding local body system in the province.

A privilege motion of PTI lawmaker against Secretary and Director Labour and Human Resources Department was not taken up.

Order and Institutionalization

The House was adjourned to meet again on September 17, 2021 (Friday) at 10:00 am.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

The attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

For more information, contact:

Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

FAFEN Representative

FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad

Tel: +92-51-2211026

Fax: +92-51-2211047

Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188

Email: media@fafen.org

URL: www.fafen.org

 

Islamabad, September 13, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) passed two government bills on Monday amid opposition’s protest, observes Fee and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the 12th sitting of 20th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and 45 minutes.

The sitting started at 02:50 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The deputy speaker chaired the entire sitting in the absence of speaker.

The leaders of the House (Chief Minister) and the opposition were absent.

As many as 48 MPAs (33 percent) were present at the outset and 49 (34 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of ANP, PPPP, BAP and MMAP attended the proceedings.

Two out of four minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

The House passed two government bills including the KP Universities (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the KP Local Government (Third Amendment) Bill, 2021.

The House witnessed introduction of three bills which were the KP Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the KP (Regularization of Services of Employees of Erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Bill, 2021 and the West Pakistan Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House took up nine out of ten starred questions, while the lawmakers asked four supplementary questions.

Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information responded to a calling attention notice (CAN) regarding overbilling by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority.

The Chair admitted an adjournment motion for debate in next sitting which was regarding use of Electronic Voting Machines in elections.

Minister for labour spoke on an adjournment motion regarding law and order situation in Peshawar.

Order and Institutionalization

Lawmakers belonging to opposition protested for 33 minutes when the Chair disallowed parliamentary leader of BAP to speak on an issue about violation of quota during induction in health department against 481 seats.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 02:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available for the legislators, observers and the media.

Attendance of the lawmakers was not available for the observers and the media.

For more information, contact:

Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

FAFEN Representative

FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad

Tel: +92-51-2211026

Fax: +92-51-2211047

Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188

Email: media@fafen.org

URL: www.fafen.org

Islamabad, September 13, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Sindh Assembly left 73 percent agenda unaddressed and took up two calling attention notices on Monday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the second sitting of 23rd session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and 45 minutes.

The sitting started at 03:30 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire proceedings.

The deputy speaker was not present.

The leader of the House (Chief Minister) did not attend the sitting.

The leader of the opposition was present for an hour.

As many as 37 MPAs (22 percent) were present at the outset and 48 (29 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, TLP and MMAP attended the proceedings.

Five out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Output

The House did not consider the Sindh Mines and Minerals Governance Bill, 2021 and two audit reports of government departments.

The Chair did not announce the assent of Governor to the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Representation and Responsiveness

Seven out of 26 questions were taken up during the question hour. In addition, the lawmakers asked 19 supplementary questions.

The House took up two calling attention notices (CANs) regarding lack of transport facilities in Karachi and delay in project of Landhi Medical College.

Another two CANs on the agenda remained unaddressed which were about poor performance of DMC Korangi and fund allocation for bar associations in Sindh.

A privilege motion of PTI lawmaker against Secretary and Director Labour and Human Resources Department was not taken up.

An adjournment motion of MMAP lawmaker regarding local body system in the province also remained unaddressed.

Order and Institutionalization

Four lawmakers spoke on points of order for 15 minutes.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 10: 00 am.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the media and observers.

For more information, contact:

Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

FAFEN Representative

FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad

Tel: +92-51-2211026

Fax: +92-51-2211047

Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188

Email: media@fafen.org

URL: www.fafen.org