ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2016: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Bill, 2016 and approved 56 demands for grants during 6^th sitting of its 19^th session on Wednesday, says Free and Fair Election Network in its daily factsheet.

Following are some key observations:

Members’ Participation in the House proceedings

• The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly met for three hours and 12 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1416 hours against the scheduled time of 1400 hours.
• Forty eight lawmakers (39%) were present at the start and 62 (50%) at the end of the sitting.
• The Speaker chaired the entire sitting.
• The Deputy Speaker was present.
• The Chief Minister attended the entire sitting.
• The Opposition Leader attended the sitting for two hours and 38 minutes.
• The Finance Minister remained present during the proceedings.
• The parliamentary leaders of QWP, JI, PTI, ANP and JUI-F attended the sitting.
• Two minority members were present.
• Seven members applied for leave.

Output

• The House passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Bill, 2016 and approved 56 demands for grants of various government departments.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House rejected 903 cut motions related to various government departments.
• The Chief Minister expressed his views on Provincial Budget 2016-17 consuming 40 minutes of the proceeding.

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.