ISLAMABAD, December 10, 2015: The proceeding of the National Assembly was suspended for 39 minutes due to lack of quorum on Thursday during fourth sitting of ongoing 27^th session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are some key observations of the House proceeding:

Members’ Participation in House Proceeding

• The National Assembly met for two hours and 49 minutes while the proceeding remained suspended for 39 minutes due to lack of quorum
• The sitting started at 1036 hours against the scheduled time of 1030 hours
• The Speaker presided over the sitting for 47 minutes while the Deputy Speaker chaired the rest of the sitting
• The Prime Minister did not attended the sitting
• Ten ministers attended the sitting
• The Leader of the Opposition attended the sitting for 106 minutes
• 44 MNAs (13%) were present at outset and 34 (10%) at adjournment of the sitting
• The parliamentary leaders of PkMAP, JI, AMLP, PML, PML-Z and JUI-F were present
• Seven minority members were present
• Fourteen members applied for leave

Output

• The House passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015 moved by the Federal Minister for Law & Justice. Nine lawmakers debated this bill for 15 minutes.
• A female member of the Standing Committee on Textile Industry presented before the House periodical report of the committee on behalf of its Chairman.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up three of 34 starred questions appearing on the agenda. The members also asked 4 supplementary questions.
• The House took up two Calling Attention Notices regarding discrimination against traders of Balochistan by Customs and downfall of the textile industry.
• The House deferred the discussion on a motion of thanks to the President of Pakistan for his address to the Parliament.

Order and Institutionalization

• Members spoke on 12 Points of Order consuming 44 minutes of the proceeding.
• The proceeding remained suspended for 39 minutes due to lack of quorum pointed out by an independent lawmaker at 1040 hours.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• The 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 proceeding conducted by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Errors and omissions are excepted