ISLAMABAD, February 26, 2018: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Monday passed three bills including a private member’s bill and adopted two resolutions, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceedings during 17^th sitting of the 27^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The KP Assembly met for two hours and four minutes while the proceedings remained suspended for 30 minutes due to prayer break.
• The sitting started at 1545 hours against the scheduled time 1500 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting.
• The Deputy Speaker was also present.
• The Chief Minister did not attend the sitting.
• The Leader of the Opposition attended the entire sitting.
• As many as 35 MPAs (28%) were present at outset and 34 (27%) at adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of JI, PPPP and PML-N attended the sitting.
• As many as two minority lawmakers were present during the sitting.

Output

• The House passed two government bills including the KP Universities  (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and the KP Employees (Regularization of Services) Bill, 2018 while a private member bill – the KP Censorship of Motion Pictures (Films, CDs, Videos, Stage Dramas and Shows) Bill, 2018- was also passed.
• Tabled by a PPPP lawmaker, the House adopted a resolution demanding to retain number of existing seats of Chitral, Abbotabad, Swabi, Hari Pur and Charsadda in Provincial Assembly.
• The House also adopted another resolution for accelerating diplomatic efforts to resolve tension in Syria. It was tabled by a PML-N lawmaker.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House deferred the question hour and did not take up two Calling Attention Notices appearing on the list of the agenda.

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers spoke on 12 Points of Order consuming 20 minutes of the proceedings.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 1500 hours.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• Information on Members’ attendance is not available to observers and media.

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The daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly proceedings conducted by United Rural Development Organization (URDO) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are regretted.