ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2020: The National Assembly started general discussion on the Federal Budget 2020-21, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday. Following are key observations of the proceedings during sixth sitting of the 22nd NA session: Members’ Participation The House met for three hours and 21 minutes. The proceedings started…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 15, 2020: The Sindh Assembly added a provision in its Rules of Procedure on Monday authorizing the Speaker to hold online sessions of the House in case of any emergency and also allowing coronavirus-infected lawmakers to virtually participate in the proceedings, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet. Following are…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 15, 2020: The Senate started debate on a motion to make recommendations to the National Assembly on Finance Bill, 2020, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday. Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 5th sitting of 299th session: Members’ Participation The House met for two…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 12, 2020: The Minister for Industries and Production presented a copy of the Finance Bill 2020 in Senate on Friday, observes the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet. Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the fourth sitting of 299th session: Members’ Participation The House met for 50…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 12, 2020: The Minister of Industries and Production presented the federal budget for the year 2020-21 in the National Assembly amid opposition’s protest, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet on Friday. Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of 22nd session: Members’ Participation The House met for…
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ISLAMABAD, June 12, 2020: The government is all set to present the budget for the next fiscal year 2020-21 in the National Assembly this afternoon. The Economic Survey (2019-2020) released on Thursday points to the huge toll COVID-19 has taken on the economy’s overall growth in the current fiscal year. Despite narrowing down existing account and trade deficits,
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 11, 2020: The National Assembly approved the Motion of Thanks expressing gratitude to the President of Pakistan for his address to both Houses assembled together on September 12, 2019, says Free and Fair Election Network in its Daily Factsheet on Thursday. Following are key observations of the proceedings during fourth sitting of the…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 10, 2020: The Senate discussed tragic incident of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash at Karachi, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Wednesday. Following are key observations of the House proceedings during third sitting of the 299th session: Members’ Participation The House met for three hours and 36…
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ISLAMABAD, June 10, 2020: The prices of essential commodities including wheat flour, chicken, and meat remained increasingly unstable in various parts of the country over past five weeks, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Weekly Price Monitor. A comparison in the average prices of six commodities as reported on April 23 and…
DetailsISLAMABAD, June 10, 2020: The National Assembly took up its entire agenda by adopting standard operating procedures (SOPs) with regards to prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic. The members consumed their time in discussing the issues related to politics, parliamentary business, agriculture, health and economy, says Free and Fair Election Network in its Daily Factsheet on…
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