ISLAMABAD, January 19, 2017: The Provincial Assembly (PA) of Sindh unanimously adopted a resolution to pay tribute to the political leaders, G.M Syed and Fazil Rahu, for their services while it referred the Societies Registration (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2015 to relevant standing committee on Thursday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 18, 2017: The Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution with majority vote to disapprove the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2017, in the absence of Prime Minister, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Following are key observations of the 8th sitting of Senate’s 258th session: Members’ Participation The Senate met for three hours…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 18, 2017: The Provincial Assembly of Sindh transacted the entire business appearing on Orders of the Day, in the absence of Leader of the House on Wednesday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet. Following are key observations of the proceedings during first sitting of the 29th session: Members’ Participation The…
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Draft Bill empowers government to approve election rules instead of Election Commission Draft bill is regressive on issue of access to information; recommends extraordinary punishment for unauthorized use of information; bars access of media, observers and citizens to the scrutiny of candidates during the nomination process Draft bill does not address the issue of political…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 17, 2017: The Senate took up its entire agenda on Tuesday and also passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2016, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Some key observations of the 7th sitting of Senate’s 258th session are as follows: Members’ Participation The Senate met for three hours and eight minutes. The…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 16, 2017: The Senate adopted three resolutions and witnessed introduction of two private members’ bills on Monday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet. Following are key observations of the proceedings during sixth sitting of Senate’s 258th session: Members’ Participation The Senate met for three hours and 57 minutes.…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 16, 2017: Starting 30 minutes behind the schedule, the Monday’s sitting of the Balochistan Assembly was adjourned due to lack of quorum, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Following are key observations of the proceedings of fifth sitting of Balochistan Assembly’s 36th session: Members’ Participation The Balochistan Assembly met for two hours and…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 13, 2017: The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan adopted three resolutions and referred an amendment to the Rules of Procedure to relevant committee during Private Members’ Day on Friday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Following are key observations of the fourth sitting of 36th session: Members’ Participation The Balochistan Assembly met for three…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 13, 2017: The Senate discussed the issues of infant deaths and construction of cadet colleges in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) besides kidnappings of human rights activists, observes Free and Fair Election Network on Friday. Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of Senate’s 258th session: Members’ Participation The Senate met for…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 12, 2017: The Senate Chairman took notice of the disappearance of another rights activist from Islamabad and directed the State Minister for Interior to brief the august House on the issue in the next sitting, observes Free and Fair Election Network on Thursday. The abducted person was the fifth rights activist kidnapped during…
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