Day: June 22, 2021

Islamabad, June 22, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Punjab Assembly adopted three resolutions and deferred question hour due to absence of relevant minister, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the sixth sitting of the 33rd session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour.

The sitting started at 03:47 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the proceedings for 48 minutes while the remaining sitting was chaired by the deputy speaker.

The leader of the House (chief minister) and the opposition leader did not attend the sitting.

As many as 41 MPAs (11 percent) were present at the outset and 96 (26 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

None of the parliamentary leaders attended the sitting.

One out of eight minority lawmakers was present.

Output

The House witnessed introduction of six private members’ bills which were referred to the relevant committees for further consideration. These bills were the Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Qarshi University (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Institute of Management and Applied Sciences Khanewal Bill, 2021;the Aspire University Lahore Bill, 2021 and the Punjab Regularization of Service (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

The House adopted three resolutions demanding to establish separate council for physiotherapy to look into the issues of physiotherapists, repair grills along Lahore-Multan motorway and renovate road leading to Faisalabad from Zafar Chowk, Tehsil Samandri.

The House rejected a resolution demanding to upgrade District Headquarters Hospital Okara and set up medical college there.

Three resolutions on the agenda were deferred due to ministerial absence while one was taken back by the mover.

Representation and Responsiveness

None of the starred questions (requiring oral answers) on the agenda were taken up due to the absence of relevant minister. These questions were related to Higher Education Department.

Five zero hour notices on the agenda were deferred due to ministerial absence while two were disposed of due to absence of movers.

Moved by PML lawmakers, the Chair referred two adjournment motions (AMs) to the relevant committee related to non-implementation on legislative proposals passed by Punjab Assembly.

Order and Institutionalization

A lawmaker spoke on a point of order for two minutes.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 02:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available on Assembly’s website.

Information on Members’ attendance is available on Assembly’s website.

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Islamabad, June 22, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan continued debate on the provincial annual budget for the financial year 2021-2022 amid absence of opposition lawmakers, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during third sitting of the budget (40th) session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and 23 minutes.

The sitting started at 05:37 pm against the scheduled time of 04:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire sitting, while the deputy speaker was also present.

The leader of the House (Chief Minister) was absent.

The opposition leader did not attend the sitting.

As many as eight MPAs (12 percent) were present at the outset and ten (15 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of BNP-A, JWP and HDP attended the proceedings.

As many as one out of three minority lawmakers was present.

Representation and Responsiveness

Five lawmakers participated in debate on provincial budget for an hour and 15 minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

All opposition members remained absent from the proceedings of the House.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 04:00 pm.

Transparency

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

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

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Islamabad, June 22, 2021 (PPI-OT): The National Assembly continued debate on the federal budget 2021-22 and consumed 95 percent of proceedings’ time on it, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during eleventh sitting of the 34th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for 12 hours and 43 minutes; however, the proceedings remained suspended for 21 minutes due to prayer break.

The proceedings started at 11:15 am against the scheduled time of 11:00 am.

The speaker chaired the proceedings for 57 minutes, the deputy speaker for two hours and three minutes, while the remaining sitting was chaired by two members of panel of chairpersons.

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

A total of 27 lawmakers (eight percent) were present at the outset and 14 (four percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of BAP and GDA attended the sitting.

Seven out of ten minority lawmakers were also present during the proceedings.

Representation and Responsiveness

Fifty-one lawmakers participated in the debate on federal budget 2021-22 and consumed 12 hours and two minutes of the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

Two lawmakers spoke on points of order for four minutes.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:00 am.

Transparency

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

Attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

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