ISLAMABAD, September 22, 2016: The Provincial Assembly of Sindh passed the Sindh Sacked Employees’ (Reinstatement) Bill, 2016 amid protest by the opposition parties on Thursday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet. Following are key observations of the proceedings during second sitting of the 27th session: Members’ Participation The Sindh Assembly met for…
DetailsISLAMABAD, September 21, 2016: The Provincial Assembly passed the Balochistan Prohibition of Sheesha Smoking Bill, 2016 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 34th session: Members’ Participation The Balochistan Assembly met for one hour and eight minutes. The sitting…
DetailsISLAMABAD, September 21, 2016: The Provincial Assembly of Sindh witnessed introduction of two government bills and adoption of a resolution that condemned the anti-Pakistan statement of MQM’s founder 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 27th session: Members’ Participation…
DetailsISLAMABAD, September 20, 2016: Starting 34 minutes behind the scheduled time, the second sitting of 21st session of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly was adjourned due to lack of quorum, says Free and Fair Election Network on Tuesday. The sitting began at 1534 hours against the scheduled time of 1500 hours with 30 lawmakers (24%) present…
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FAFEN observers disallowed observation at 10% of polling stations Security forces barred FAFEN’s duly accredited representatives from observing the voting processes at 10 percent of the polling stations in the otherwise better managed by-election for the vacant National Assembly seat in Sahiwal (NA-162 Sahiwal-III) held on Monday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). At…
DetailsISLAMABAD, September 19, 2016: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly passed two bills, including the KP Whistleblower Protection and Vigilance Commission Bill, 2016 amid low attendance of lawmakers on Monday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet. Members’ Participation in 1st Sitting of the 21st Session The KP Assembly met for an hour…
DetailsISLAMABAD, 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 35th session: Members’ Participation The National Assembly met for two hours and 22 minutes.…
DetailsISLAMABAD, September 9, 2016: The Senate took up two third of the agenda before being prorogued sine die on Friday during the last sitting of its 252nd session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Following are some key observations of the House business in 5th sitting: Members’ Participation The Senate met for two hours…
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ISLAMABAD, September 8, 2016: Speakers at a seminar called for immediate government steps to improve governance, eradicate corruption, reduce income inequalities and introduce political reforms as prerequisites for strengthening democracy in Pakistan. The seminar titled “Challenges to Democracy in Pakistan” was held under the aegis of Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability-Free and Fair Election…
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ISLAMABAD, September 8, 2016: FAFEN observers reported one incident each of violence and a polling station capture in the by-election held for PS-127 (Karachi-XXXIX) on Thursday which was marked by low voter turnout amid heavy presence of security. Illegal campaigning and canvassing and incidents of intimidation of voters by workers of a political party were…
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