ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2010: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has withdrawn from its observation of the by-election in PS-94 due to the deteriorated security situation in Karachi over the past 24 hours, raising concerns for the safety of its observers – as well as voters — on Election Day on October 17, 2010.
49% female, 42% male legislators register participation 38% time spent on debate on adjournment motions and Points of Order NA remained in Session for over 44 hours, each sitting started late by 44 minutes PM attends 87%, Leader of the Opposition shows up in 60% sittings PMLN boycotts last one and half sittings MMA, PML…
ISLAMABAD, October 07, 2010: The National Assembly met for two hours and 10 minutes in the 14th sitting of the 25th session. The sitting started 60 minutes late against the stipulated time. The Parliamentary Party of PMLN boycotted the proceedings of the 14th sitting expressing their reservations on passing “The Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Bill, 2010”.…
ISLAMABAD, October 06, 2010: The National Assembly met for three hours and 34 minutes in the 13th sitting of the ongoing 25th session. The attendance of members at the outset of the sitting was observed to be relatively better, than the previous sittings, with 107 present. However, there were only 31 MNAs present when the…
ISLAMABAD, October 05, 2010: The National Assembly met for three hours and 35 minutes in the 12th sitting (Private Members’ Day) of the ongoing Session. The sitting witnessed low attendance of members with only 8% of the legislators present at the outset of the sitting and 17% present when the sitting was adjourned. A maximum…
ISLAMABAD, October 4, 2010: The National Assembly met for three hours and 46 minutes in the 11th sitting of the 25th session with low attendance of the members. There were only 44 (13%) members present at the outset of the sitting, while 46(14%) were present when the sitting was adjourned. The House passed two bills…
ISLAMABAD, October 1, 2010: The National Assembly met briefly for 95 minutes in the 10th sitting of ongoing 25th Session. The sitting started an hour and five minutes late than the stipulated time. The question of low attendance of members persisted during the tenth sitting, when only 69 (20%) members were present at the onset…
ISLAMABAD, September 30, 2010: The National Assembly met for two hour and 35 minutes in the ninth sitting of the 25th session. The sitting witnessed a low attendance of members, with only 9% of the members present at the beginning of the sitting and 29% when the sitting was adjourned. The maximum attendance was recorded…
ISLAMABAD, September 29, 2010: Consumers across the country had to face an extraordinary hike in the prices of consumer commodities in the month of September, as the prices of 46 consumer items and services (out of 69 commodities monitored by FAFEN) increased by an average of 7%when compared with August.
ISLAMABAD, September 29, 2010: The National Assembly met for almost four hours in the eighth sitting of the 25th session. The sitting started 35 minutes late against the stipulated time. The long stretched sitting was marked was low attendance of members with only 34 members present on the onset and only 37 members present when…