Day: April 16, 2022

Islamabad, April 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):The National Assembly on Saturday elected PPPP’s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Speaker of the House, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the 8th sitting of 41st session:

Members’ Participation

The National Assembly met for four hours and 46 minutes.

The sitting started at 12:36 pm against the scheduled time of 12:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the proceedings for four hours and 16 minutes while the remaining sitting was initially chaired by a member of panel of chairpersons.

The leader of the house attended the sitting for an hour and 16 minutes.

As many as 181 (53 percent) lawmakers were present at the outset and five (two percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

Parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PML-N, MQMP, BAP, MMAP, ANP, BNP-M, JWP, GDA and PML attended the sitting.

Five out of ten minority lawmakers were present.

Output

PPPP’s MNA Raja Pervaiz Ashraf took oath after being elected unopposed as the 22nd speaker of the National Assembly. A member of panel of chairpersons administered the oath on Raja Pervaiz Ashraf who was sole contender for the speaker’s position as no other candidate had submitted nomination papers against him.

Tabled by parliamentary leader of PPPP, the House adopted a resolution to commend the services of late philanthropist Bilquis Edhi.

The House adopted another resolution to condemn attack on Punjab Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari in the House. The resolution was tabled by a PML-N lawmaker.

Moved by a PML-N lawmaker, the House adopted a motion to constitute parliamentary committee for joint electoral reforms. A total of five lawmakers were present in the House during the passage of this motion while the speaker was authorized to nominate members from all parliamentary parties in it.

The House did not take up a resolution for removal of the deputy speaker due to his resignation before the commencement of the sitting.

Order and Institutionalization

The leader of the house spoke on a point of order for 11 minutes.

As many as 37 lawmakers made felicitation speeches for three hours and 58 minutes following the oath of newly elected speaker.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 12:00 pm.

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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Islamabad, April 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan passed three government bills and adopted one resolution on Saturday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the fourth sitting of 52nd session:

Members’ Participation

The House met an hour and 35 minutes.

The sitting started at 02:30 pm against the scheduled time of 01:00 pm.

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

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

As many as 12 (18 percent) legislators were present at the start and 14 (22 percent) at the end of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PkMAP, BNP-A, HDP and BNP-M attended the sitting.

All three minority members were absent.

Output

The House passed three government bills which included the Bibi Asmat Malik Memorial Hospital Khudabadan Panjgur Bill, 2022, the Shaheed Nawabzada Sikandar Jan Zehri Memorial Hospital Bill, 2022 and the University of Makran Bill, 2022.

Tabled by a PkMAP lawmaker, the House adopted a resolution condemning attack on Punjab Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari in the House.

Order and Institutionalization

Twelve lawmakers spoke on points of order for an hour and seven minutes which were related to highhandedness of security personnel with people in Lokandi and non-commencement of construction work at Sadiq Shaheed ground in Quetta.

Lawmakers belonging to BNP-M staged token walkout against the highhandedness of security personnel with people in Lokandi.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 01:00 pm.

Transparency

‘List of Business’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.

The attendance of lawmakers was available to the observers and 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