ISLAMABAD, September 14, 2020: The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) passed a government bill and discussed Chakdara-Chitral CPEC Route on Monday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during eighth sitting of the 13^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The House met for two hours and one minute.
• The sitting started at 1505 hours against the scheduled time of 1400 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while Deputy Speaker was also present.
• The Leaders of the House and the Opposition did not attend the sitting.
• As many as 50 (34%) legislators were present at the start and 30 (21%) at the end of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of ANP, PML and MMA attended the sitting.
• Two minority members were present in the sitting.

Output

• Presented by Minister for Law the House passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Appointment of Law Officers (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up five out of seven starred questions. In addition, lawmakers asked three supplementary questions.
• The Law Minister responded to a Call attention Notices regarding Image Machine out of order in Orthopedic Operation Theater (OT), Timergrah hospital
• The chair deferred a Call attention Notice regarding appointment of staff in Government Girls Primary School (GGPS) PK-7 due to absence of concerned lawmaker.
• The Labour Minister responded to a Call attention Notice regarding higher mortality rate in Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.
• A lawmaker debated Chakdara-Chitral CPEC Route for ten minutes of the proceedings. The House did not hold discussion on Billion Tree Afforestation Project.
• Moved by PTI lawmaker the house referred a privileged motion against misbehavior of Secretary P&D department to relevant committee.

Order and Institutionalization

• As many as three lawmakers spoke on Points of Orders consuming eight minutes of the proceedings.
• ANP lawmakers protested for five minutes against appointment of a female PTI lawmaker as Chairperson of standing committee.
• A PPPP lawmaker pointed out quorum which led to adjournment of the sitting.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on September 15, 2020 (Tuesday) at 1500 hours.

 Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.
• The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the observers and media.

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