Least Regular MNAs during 2nd Parliamentary Year

During the second parliamentary year, 11 Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) recorded single-digit attendance, meaning they attended fewer than 10 of the 84 sittings held during the year, according to FAFEN’s annual attendance analysis based on official National Assembly attendance records.

As many as five MNAs remained completely absent throughout the year. One attended only one sitting, another attended three sittings, two attended six sittings each, and two attended eight sittings each.

Among these members, 10 are male and one is female. In terms of party affiliation, three belong to the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N); five are independents (IND) affiliated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI); and one each is affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Pakistan (JUI-P).

Geographically, nine of these MNAs were elected from Punjab, while one each represents Sindh and Balochistan.

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The following are the 11 least regular MNAs during the second parliamentary year:

Constituency Member Name Political Affiliation Number of Sittings Attended
NA-95 Faisalabad-I Ali Afzal Sahi IND 0
NA-99 Faisalabad-V Umar Farooq IND 0
NA-108 Jhang-I Muhammad Mahboob Sultan IND 0
NA-109 Jhang-II Waqas Akram IND 0
NA-118 Lahore-II Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz  Sharif PML-N 0
NA-130 Lahore-XIV Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif PML-N 1
NA-181 Layyah-I Umber Majeed IND 3
NA-63 Gujrat-II Hussain Ellahi PML 6
NA-123 Lahore-VII Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif PML-N 6
NA-216 Matiari Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman PPPP 8
NA-265 Pishin Moulana Fazul-ur-Rehman JUIP 8

 

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