ISLAMABAD, March 15, 2018: The National Assembly on Thursday transacted its entire agenda and passed a government bill related to power sector, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of the 54^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The National Assembly met for three hours and 31 minutes.
•  The sitting started at 1032 hours against the scheduled time of 1030 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the sitting for an hour and seven minutes while rest of the proceedings were chaired by the Deputy Speaker.
• The Leader of the House (Prime Minister) did not attend the sitting.
• The Leader of the Opposition was present for 27 minutes.
• As many as 26 (8%) lawmakers were present at the outset and 23 (7%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, QWP, JI, PkMAP and APML attended the sitting.
• Six minority lawmakers were also present.

Output

• Tabled by State Minister for Power, the House passed the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
• The House witnessed presentation of four periodical reports of Standing Committees on Communications, Cabinet Secretariat, Climate Change and Narcotics Control for the period July – December, 2017.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up two Calling Attention Notices (CANs) regarding one-wheeling by the youngsters in the Federal Capital and advertisements to privatize huge Government assets.
• The House took up ten out of 43 starred questions for answers. In addition, lawmakers asked 23 supplementary questions.

 Order and Institutionalization

• Lawmakers spoke on 24 points of orders consuming an hour and 13 minutes of the proceedings.
• The Opposition lawmakers staged a token walkout against privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on Friday (March 16, 2018) 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