Balochistan Assembly Approves 55 Demands for Grants

ISLAMABAD, June 25, 2016: The Balochistan Assembly approved fifty one Demands Grants during second sitting in a same day (6^th) of its 30^th session on Saturday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceeding:

Members’ Participation

• The Balochistan Assembly met for forty two minutes.
• The sitting started at 1603 hours against scheduled time of 1600 hours.
• Thirty-five (55%) lawmakers were present at the start and 45 (70%) at time of adjournment of sitting.
• The Speaker chaired the entire sitting.
• The post of Deputy Speaker is lying vacant.
• The Chief Minister and the Leader of Opposition attended the entire sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of NP, JUI-F, PkMAP, PML-N, MWM, PML and ANP were present.
• Two minority members attended the sitting.

Output

• The House approved 55 Demand for Grants of various government departments.

Order and Institutionalizations

• One Point of Order consumed one minute of the proceeding.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.
• Attendance of Members was not made public.

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

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