ISLAMABAD, March 31, 2022:  The National Assembly left almost all of its agenda unaddressed on Thursday and was adjourned without debate on no-confidence resolution against the prime minister, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the third sitting of 41st session:

 Members’ Participation

• The National Assembly met for 10 minutes.
• The sitting started at 05:15 pm against the scheduled time of 04:00 pm.
• The deputy speaker chaired the entire sitting in the absence of speaker.
• The leader of the house (prime minister) did not attend the sitting.
• The leader of the opposition attended the entire sitting.
• As many as 175 (51 percent) lawmakers were present at the outset and 226 (66 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of MQMP, PML-N, ANP, MMAP, BAP, BNP-M, PPPP and JWP attended the sitting.
• Seven out of ten minority lawmakers were present.

Output

• The House did not consider legislative business, five reports of standing committees, two resolutions seeking extension of as many ordinances and two statutory reports.
• The House did not hold debate on no-confidence resolution against the prime minister.

Representation and Responsiveness

• Two calling attention notices and a motion of thanks to the President were not taken up.
• The House took up nine out of 36 starred questions while lawmakers asked no supplementary question against these questions.
• Moved by Advisor to prime minister on parliamentary affairs, the House rejected a motion to adjourn the sitting so that assembly hall could be used for the meeting of Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

Order and Institutionalization

• The House was adjourned to meet again on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:30 am.

Transparency

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

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