ISLAMABAD, May 19, 2018: The Balochistan Assembly held a 52-minute discussion on provincial budget 2018-19 on Saturday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of the Assembly’s 52^nd session:

 Members’ Participation 

• The Assembly met for an hour and two minutes.
• The sitting started at 1600 hours against the scheduled time of 1500 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting.
• The Chief Minister attended the entire sitting.
• The Leader of the Opposition was absent.
• As many as 20 (31%) lawmakers were present at the commencement and 25 (38%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of JUI-F and ANP attended the sitting.
• Only one minority lawmaker was present during the proceedings.

Representation and Responsiveness

• As many as four lawmakers participated in the general discussion on the provincial budget 2018-19 consuming 52 minutes of the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

• A lawmaker raised a Point of Order consuming one minute of the proceedings.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on Sunday May 20, 2018 at 1500 hours.

Transparency                                

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was not available on the website of the Assembly.
• Attendance of Members was not made public.

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This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Balochistan Assembly proceedings conducted by Center for Peace and Development (CPD) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted