Category: Elections / Appointments

Islamabad, June 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Sindh transacted 40 percent of its agenda and passed the Sindh Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners Bill, 2021 returned by the Governor for reconsideration, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 18th sitting of the 21st session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for 40 minutes.

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

The speaker chaired the entire proceedings.

The deputy speaker was also present.

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

The leader of the opposition attended the entire sitting.

As many as 56 MPAs (33 percent) were present at the outset and 78 (46 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, GDA and MMAP were present, while MQM and TLP leaders did not attend the sitting.

Seven out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Output

The Chair announced assent of Governor to four bills which were the Sindh Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2021; the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering Bill, 2019.

Returned by the Governor, the House reconsidered the Sindh Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners Bill, 2021 under Rule 117 of the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, 2013 and passed it.

Representation and Responsiveness

None out of eight starred questions was taken up during the question hour. The movers of five questions were absent.

Three other questions, an adjournment motion and a privilege motion remained unaddressed because their sponsors did not move them due to protest in the House.

Order and Institutionalization

Lawmakers belonging to PTI protested for 25 minutes when the Chair refused to give floor to the leader of the opposition.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 02:00 pm.

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

Islamabad, June 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): The National Assembly on Monday approved nine demands for grants related to four divisions, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 17th sitting of the 34th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for six hours and five minutes.

The proceedings started at 12:14 pm against the scheduled time of 12:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the proceedings for two hours and 22 minutes, the deputy speaker for an hour and 10 minutes while remaining sitting was chaired by a member of panel of chairpersons.

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

A total of 69 lawmakers (20 percent) were present at the outset and 54 (16 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PML-N, MQM, ANP, PPPP, BAP and GDA attended the sitting.

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

Representation and Responsiveness

The House approved nine demands for grants related to information and broadcasting division, national food security and research division, national health services, regulations and coordination division and Railways Division. The House rejected 535 cut motions on these nine demands for grants while a total of 126 out of 128 demands for grants have been approved so far after detailed deliberation on them.

Order and Institutionalization

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11:30 am.

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:
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, June 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) held general discussion on supplementary budget for the financial year 2020-2021, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 8th sitting of the 19th session:

Members’ Participation

The Assembly met for three hours and five minutes.

The sitting started at 02:40 pm against the scheduled time of 01:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the sitting for two hours, while the remaining sitting was chaired by the deputy speaker.

The leader of the house did not attend the sitting.

The leader of the opposition attended the entire proceedings.

Sixty-one legislators (52 percent) were present at the outset and 51 (40 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

None of the parliamentary leaders attended the proceedings.

All three minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Representation and Responsiveness

A total of 22 lawmakers participated in general discussion on the supplementary budget including appropriations and charged expenditures which continued for two hours. The provincial minister for finance winded up the debate. He spoke 25 minutes on it.

Order and Institutionalization

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 01:00 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, June 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Punjab Assembly held general discussion on supplementary budget for the year 2020-21 and twenty-four lawmakers participated in it, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Monday.

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

Members’ Participation

The House met for two hours and 47 minutes.

The sitting started at 04:14 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the sitting for 48 minutes, the deputy speaker for 19 minutes while remaining sitting was chaired by a member of panel of chairpersons.

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

As many as 73 MPAs (20 percent) were present at the outset and 27 (seven percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of PPPP and PRHP attended the proceedings.

As many as four out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Representation and Responsiveness

Twenty-four lawmakers participated in debate on supplementary budget for the year 2020-21 and consumed two hours and 22 minutes of the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

Two lawmakers spoke on points of order for three minutes related to governance issue.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, June 29, 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.

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, June 22, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly continued debate on the provincial budget 2021-22 on Tuesday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during third sitting of the 19th session:

Members’ Participation

The Assembly met for four hours and 10 minutes.

The sitting started at 02:15 pm against the scheduled time of 06:25 pm.

The speaker presided over the sitting for two hours and five minutes, while the deputy speaker chaired the remaining sitting.

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

Fifty legislators (34 percent) were present at the outset and 60 (41 percent) lawmakers at the adjournment of the sitting.

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

Three minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Representation and Responsiveness

Eighteen lawmakers spoke on provincial budget for three hours and 58 minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 01:00 pm.

Transparency

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

Attendance of the lawmakers is 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, June 22, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Sindh Assembly continued general discussion on provincial budget 2021-22 and 18 lawmakers took part in the debate, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 14th sitting of the 21st session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for four hours and 39 minutes.

The sitting started at 01:15 pm against the scheduled time of 12:00 pm.

The speaker chaired the proceedings for an hour and 42 minutes, while the deputy speaker presided over the rest of the sitting.

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

The opposition leader attended the proceedings for an hour and three minutes.

As many as 25 MPAs (15 percent) were present at the outset and 18 (11 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, MQMP, GDA, and MMAP were present, while the leader of TLP did not attend the sitting.

Seven out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Representation and Responsiveness

Eighteen lawmakers – PPPP (12), PTI (5) and GDA (one) – participated in general discussion on budget for the financial year 2021-22 as well as supplementary budget for the financial year 2020-21. They consumed four hours and 20 minutes of the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

Lawmakers belonging to PTI protested for two minutes when the Chair did not give extra time to one of their colleague to continue his budget speech. Subsequently, they walked out from the House and did not return to the House till adjournment of the sitting.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm.

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