Balochistan Assembly Meets for Three Minutes

ISLAMABAD, June 26, 2016: The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan met for only three minutes during last (7^th) sitting of its 30^th session on Sunday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceeding:

Members’ Participation

• The Balochistan Assembly met for three minutes.
• The sitting started at 1536 hours against scheduled time of 1500 hours.
• Forty-one (64%) lawmakers were present at the start and the 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 sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of NP, JUI-F, PkMAP, PML-N, MWM, PML and ANP were present.
• Two minority members attended the sitting.

Output

• The Chief Minister laid before the House the Schedule of Authorized Expenditure 2016-17 and the Supplementary Schedule of Authorized Expenditure 2015-16.

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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