ISLAMABAD, May 13, 2016: The National Assembly addressed its entire agenda except a Calling Attention Notice while also adopted a supplementary resolution on Friday during fifth sitting of 32^nd session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceeding:

Members’ Participation in House Proceedings

• The National Assembly met for two hours and 42 minutes.
• The proceeding remained suspended for 45 minutes due to lack of quorum.
• The sitting started at 1035 hours against the scheduled time 1030 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was not present.
• The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader did not attend the sitting.
• Fourteen Federal Ministers attended the sitting.
• 54 MNAs (16%) were present at outset and 22 (6%) at adjournment of the sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of PkMAP, ANP, AMLP, APML, and PML-Z attended the sitting.
• Six minority members were present.

Output

• Minister for Law and Justice introduce the Explosive Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2016 before the House.
• A member of the House and Library Committee presented the Periodical Report of the Committee for the period January – December, 2015.
• Moved by a female lawmaker of PML-N, the House adopted a supplementary resolution condemning the incidents of violence against women across the country in last few weeks.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up two out of 37 Starred Questions appearing on the agenda. A supplementary question was also asked. The Question Hour continued for only eight minutes as the sitting remained suspended for the remaining part of first hour.
• The government responded to a Calling Attention Notice (CAN) regarding meager pensions of the employees of Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI).

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers raised 18 Points of Order consuming 75 minutes of the sitting.
• The Opposition lawmakers continued their boycott of the House for fifth consecutive sitting and walked out at 1043 hours. They did not return till adjournment of the sitting.
• A PTI lawmaker pointed out quorum at 1045 hours. The Chair suspended the proceeding after the counting. The sitting resumed at 1130 hours.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

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This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the National Assembly proceeding conducted by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Errors and omissions are excepted.