ISLAMABAD, September 9, 2016: The National Assembly session was prorogued on Friday without addressing last sitting’s agenda except a report, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during sixth sitting of the 35^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The National Assembly met for two hours and 22 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1102 hours against the scheduled time of 1100 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was not present.
• The Leader of the House (Prime Minister) attended the sitting for 57 minutes.
• The Leader of the Opposition was not present.
• Forty-eight lawmakers (14%) were present at the outset and 25 (7%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, JI, QWP-S, APML and ANP attended the proceedings.
• Nine minority members were present.

Output

• Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs laid the Report of the Committee on FATA Reforms, 2016 before the House. Ten lawmakers discussed the report for 50 minutes.
• The House did not take up other reports and legislative business appearing on Orders of the Day.

Representation and Responsiveness

• As many as nine out of 34 Starred Questions were responded to by the government. The lawmakers also asked 18 Supplementary Questions.
• The House did not take up the Calling Attention Notices and Motion of Thanks to the President.

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers spoke on seven Points of Order consuming 15 minutes of the proceedings.
• MQM lawmakers staged a walkout at 1314 hours over the operation against their party. They did not return to the House till adjournment of the sitting.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• The attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

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This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the National Assembly proceedings conducted by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Errors and omissions are excepted.