ISLAMABAD, October 25, 2021: The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) adopted five resolutions and passed one government bill on Monday, observes Fee and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the 18h sitting of 20th session:

Members’ Participation

• The House met for two hours and 15 minutes.
• The sitting started at 03:15 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.
• The speaker presided over the entire proceedings.
• The deputy speaker was also present.
• The leaders of the House (Chief Minister) and the opposition were absent.
• As many as 49 PAs (34 percent) were present at the outset and 52 (36 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of all PPPP and BAP were absent.
• Three out of four minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

• The House witnessed introduction of two government bills including the KP Mines and Minerals (Amendment), Bill, 2021 and the KP Public Property (Removal of Encroachment) (Amendment), Bill, 2021.
• Moved by minister for labor, the House passed the KP Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The House adopted a resolution paying tributes to late nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. Four other resolutions were also adopted which demanded to shift private educational institutions from residential premises of Kohat and cantonments areas of the province to commercial areas, introduce one month training for applicants of driving licenses and give five years relaxation on upper age limit to students belonging to erstwhile FATA for admission in higher classes.
• The House adopted a report of Standing Committee on Establishment.

Representation and Responsiveness 

• A privilege motion of PPPP lawmaker against station house officer of Jagam police station, Upper Dir was referred to the relevant committee.
• The House took up two calling attention notices (CANs) about registration of coal miners with workers welfare board and accommodation issues being faced by government officers and minority community in Civil Colony of Miran Shah, North Waziristan.
• The House took up six out of ten starred questions while the lawmakers asked three supplementary questions.

Order and Institutionalization

• The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 02:00 pm.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available for the legislators, observers and the media.
• Attendance of the lawmakers was not available for the observers and the media.

This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the KP Assembly proceedings conducted by the United Rural Development Organization (URDO) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions excepted