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Lack of quorum leads to prorogation of Punjab Assembly Session

Islamabad, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Punjab Assembly was prorogued sine die on Friday amidst a lack of quorum, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the sixth and last sitting of 35th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for 44 minutes.

The sitting started at 11:05 am against the scheduled time of 09:00 am.

A member of panel of chairpersons presided over the entire proceedings in the absence of speaker and deputy speaker.

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

As many as 32 MPAs (nine percent) were present at the outset and 35 (ten percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of PPPP attended the proceedings.

One out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Representation and Responsiveness

The chair deferred and disposed of one question each during the question hour while the remaining 19 starred questions were not taken up during the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

Three lawmakers spoke on points of order for 15 minutes regarding hike in price of petroleum products. Later, a PPPP lawmaker also staged token walkout on the same issue.

A PML-N lawmaker pointed out the quorum at 11:27 am following which the Chair ordered the bells to be rung for five minutes. The quorum was found incomplete upon counting and the proceedings remained suspended for 16 minutes. On resumption of the proceedings at 11:48 am, the quorum was incomplete and the Chair announced to prorogue the session.

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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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
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National Assembly prorogued amid opposition’s walkout

Islamabad, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):The National Assembly did not take up agenda on Friday and was prorogued after walkout of the opposition against hike in prices of petroleum products, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 9th sitting of the 36th session:

Members’ Participation

The National Assembly met for 38 minutes.

The sitting started at 11:29 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 76 (22 percent) lawmakers were present at the outset and 49 (14 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

Four minority lawmakers were present.

Output

The House did not consider eight reports of standing committees on as many legislative proposals.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House did not consider three motions for consideration of as many bills in the joint sitting of the Parliament.

Two calling attention notices on the agenda also remained unaddressed while a motion of thanks to President was not discussed.

The House took up three starred questions while the lawmakers asked five supplementary questions.

Order and Institutionalization

Three lawmakers including Minister of state for parliamentary affairs spoke on points of order for four minutes.

The opposition announced walkout from the House against hike in prices of petroleum products at 12:06 pm following which the Chair announced to prorogue the session.

Transparency

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

Attendance of lawmakers was available to media and observers.

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Implementation of Small Hand Pump AKF Sindh

Lahore, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):Alkhidmat Foundation Sindh Chapter has completed the Clean Drinking Water Project (Small Hand Pump) at Village Bachayo, Tando Muhammad Khan. Around 35 Families will use this water for household purposes.

For more information, contact:
Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
711, Block J-2 Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42 35957260
Fax: +92-42 35957261
Email: info@al-khidmatfoundation.org
Website: http://al-khidmatfoundation.org/

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MoU for the establishment of A.I.D.E

Lahore, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):An MoU signing ceremony for the establishment of Alkhidmat Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology (AIDE) was held at Alkhidmat Complex between Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan and PharmEvo. President Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan Muhammad Abdus Shakoor, Chairman Alkhidmat Health Foundation Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ur Rehman, Secretary-General AKFP Shahid Iqbal, Secretary-General Alkhidmat Health Foundation Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zahid Latif, Managing Director PharmEvo Mr. Haroon Qasim, CEO PharmEvo Syed Jamshed Ahmed along with other officials were present at the ceremony.

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Punjab is ready to offer any kind of technical support to all provinces for nurturing their sports teams: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh

Lahore, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said Punjab is ready to offer any kind of technical support to all provinces for nurturing their sports teams. “Being Pakistani, all the participating teams are our own and we will be happy to extend any type of assistance to any provincial team or their athletes for polishing their sports skills,” he expressed these views while talking to media at the prize distribution ceremony of Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021 in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Punjab’s Under-17 Boys and Under-16 Girls athletics teams with 129 and 103 points respectively, clinched the Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021 in Peshawar on Wednesday. Overall, Punjab’s male and female athletics teams accumulated 31 medals in the grand event.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony. DG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asfandyar Khattak, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Camp Commandant Tariq Nazir, Waheed Babar and coaches Ijaz Abdul Khaliq, Allah Ditta Tahir, Ms Nasreen and Ms Sajida were also present on this occasion.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani awarded winner’s trophy to Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at the grand concluding ceremony. In his media talk, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh congratulated all members of male and female athletics teams, their coaching staff and team management for such a superlative performance.

He said it is the result of extraordinary hard work of our coaches and trainers during the week-long training camp. “We believe in merit and our focus is on grooming talented players and promotion of sports culture especially in far-flung areas of the province,” he added.

Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh was the chief guest during the last day’s competitions. He also awarded medals to top performers of different athletics disciplines. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh also had meetings with DG Pakistan Sports Board and DG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asfandyar Khattak on this occasion. The athletics teams of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also met with DG Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani congratulated Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh and Punjab’s male and female athletes for showing dominating performances and winning Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021. He lauded the leadership role of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh in the extraordinary title winning performance of Punjab’s Under-17 Boys and Under-16 Girls athletics teams.

For more information, contact:
Sports Board Punjab
Government of the Punjab
National Hockey Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99232501, +92-42-99232502
E-mail: info@punjabsportsboard.com
Website: http://sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk

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Punjab’s U-17 Boys and U-16 Girls athletics teams win Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021 in Peshawar

Lahore, October 01, 2021 (PPI-OT):Punjab’s Under-17 Boys (16 medals) and Under-16 Girls (15 medals) athletics teams with 129 and 103 points respectively, won the Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021 in Peshawar on Wednesday. Overall, Punjab’s male and female athletics teams accumulated 31 medals in the grand event.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh and DG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asfandyar Khattak and other officials were also present on this occasion.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani awarded winner’s trophy to Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at the grand concluding ceremony. After winning Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament 2021 with a wide margin, Punjab’s young athletes danced and celebrated their overwhelming triumph in a befitting manner.

In the Boys U-17 Athletics Tournament, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team with 92 points finished second where the third position was taken by Sindh athletes who scored 53 points. The athletes from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan had to content with 25, 13 and 4 points respectively.

Showing dominating performance, Punjab’s male athletes pocketed 9 gold medals, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals in the athletics meet. The second position team KP took 3 gold medals, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals. The boys team from Sindh failed to win any gold medal. However, they managed to win 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.

On the other hand, Punjab’s girls won 6 gold medals, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals during the mega event. Girls from host province KP got 3 gold medals, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals while Sindh female team clinched one gold and 4 bronze medals during the Inter-Provincial Athletics Tournament.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa girls accumulated 64 points to remain runners up while Sindh finished third with 42 points. Azad Jammu and Kashmir scored 18 points followed by Balochistan 12 and Gilgit Baltistan 4 points in the junior athletics tournament.

In the third and last day’s Boys U-17 athletics competitions, Punjab’s Majid, Mohsin, Sakhawat and Bilal won gold medal in 4×400 relay event. Punjab athletes Aman, Sakhawat, Mohsin and Majid also demonstrated wonderful performance in 4×100 relay event and obtained gold medal.

Mohsin also bagged gold medal in 200m race. The gold medal of 400m race was won by Punjab’s Majid Khan while the bronze medal went to Mohsin. Punjab’s Usman also excelled in 110m hurdles race and secured another gold medal for his team. Punjab’s M Hamza finished second and won silver medal in javelin throw event.

In Girls U-16 competitions on the third and last day, Punjab’s Amina, Momina, Fatima and Arooba won gold medal in 4x100m relay race. Punjab’s Sania and Arooba Fatime took silver medals in javelin throw and 200m race events respectively. In 400m race, Punjab’s Zara and Sana finished second and third respectively to win silver and bronze medal for their team.