ISLAMABAD, May 15, 2018: The National Assembly on Tuesday concluded debate on Federal Budget for the year 2018-19 and approved 93 demands for grants of various departments, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 11^th sitting of the 56^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The National Assembly met for three hours and six minutes.
• The sitting started at 1038 hours against the scheduled time of 1030 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the proceedings for an hour and 49 minutes while rests of the proceedings were chaired by a member of Panel of Chairpersons.
• The Deputy Speaker was not present.
• The Leader of the House (Prime Minister) attended the sitting for an hour and 45 minutes.
• The Opposition leader did not attend the sitting.
• Fifty-six lawmakers (16%) were present at the outset and 53 (15%) at the adjournment of sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of APML, QWP, JI, PML-Z and AJIP attended the sitting.
• Five minority lawmakers were present.

Output

• Tabled by a PTI lawmaker, the House unanimously adopted a joint resolution to condemn Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
• The House adopted another resolution to pay compensation amount to those from whom land was acquired for Mansehra airport in Hazara Division. It was moved by a PML-N lawmaker.
• The House approved 93 demands for grants related to various ministries and departments.

Representation and Responsiveness

• Minister for Finance winded up debate on the Federal Budget for the year 2018-19 and spoke for 21 minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

• Lawmakers spoke on 23 points of order consuming an hour and 19 minutes of the proceedings.
• The Opposition lawmakers walked out of the House for ten minutes against criticism of Prime Minister on them during debate on a political issue.
• A PTI lawmaker pointed out the quorum at 1152 hours but it was found complete upon counting.
• The sitting was adjourned to meet again on May 16, 2018 (Wednesday) at 1030 hours.

Transparency

• Orders of the Day was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• Attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

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