ISLAMABAD, January 26, 2012: The Sindh Assembly met for three hours and 25 minutes during the last sitting of the ongoing session on Thursday. Fifty-three MPAs (32% of total Membership) were present at the start and 48 (29%) when the session was prorogued. The House adopted five Resolutions as two Bills were introduced during the…
ISLAMABAD, January 26, 2012: The first sitting of the Balochistan Assembly met for an hour and five minutes with low attendance of Members. Only 11 were present at the outset of the sitting while 10 present at the adjournment. A maximum of 13 MPAs were present at one point of the sitting. All four Questions…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: A Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report on Thursday said new cases of suspected AIDS, polio and probable poliomyelitis were reported at health offices in five districts out of 82 monitored in November last year. FAFEN Governance Monitors visited 29 offices of Executive District Officer/Health (EDO/Health) in Punjab, 18 each in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 14 in Balochistan.
ISLAMABAD, January 26, 2012: For the second consecutive day the Punjab Assembly passed 14 Bills amid lack of Quorum on Thursday.
The sixth sitting spanning six hours and 45 minutes witnessed low attendance. Only four Members were present at
ISLAMABAD, January 25, 2012: The Punjab Assembly passed fourteen Bills without Quorum. The siting met for four hours and 55 minutes, and witnessed low attendance with only nine Members present at the outset and 53 when the sitting was adjourned. The lack of Quorum was called on five different occasions during the sitting. Thirty-four questions…
ISLAMABAD, January 25, 2012: The Senate met for two hours and 14 minutes during the seventh sitting of the ongoing 77th session.
The sitting witnessed low attendance as only 17 Legislators were present at the
ISLAMABAD, January 24, 2012: The Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance on Tuesday with only 22 Members present at the outset and 10 when the sitting was adjourned.
A maximum of 87 Members (14%) out of
ISLAMABAD, January 24: Unfinished agenda and Points of Order interrupting regular proceedings marked the National Assembly’s 38th session as it adopted a Resolution supporting democracy and passed a bill to set up a commission for women rights, says a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) preliminary report on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD, January 24, 2012: The Senate met for four hours and three minutes during the sixth sitting of the ongoing 77th session. The issue of Senator’s low attendance persisted during this sitting as well. Only
ISLAMABAD, January 23, 2012: Starting after a delay of three hours, the Sindh Assembly met for an hour and seven minutes on Monday, its 17th sitting of the ongoing session. Out of the seven questions listed for the Question Hour, only two were put up and responded to by relevant ministries. Four supplementary questions were…