ISLAMABAD, July 11, 2018: The Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution to condemn the killing of Barrister Haroon Bilour and other ANP workers in a suicide attack in Peshawar, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the second sitting of the 279^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The Senate met for two hours and nine minutes.
•  The sitting started at the scheduled time of 1500 hours.
• The Chairman Senate presided over the entire sitting.
• The Deputy Chairman did not attend the sitting.
• The Leader of the House attended the entire sitting.
• The Opposition Leader was present for an hour 17 minutes.
• As many as 12 (19%) lawmakers were present at the outset and 11 (10%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP and MQM attended the sitting.
• One minority lawmaker was present

  Output

• Tabled by Leader of the House, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the killing of Barrister Haroon Bilour and other ANP workers in a suicide attack in Peshawar. Earlier, 21 lawmakers spoke on it for an hour and 57 minutes.
• The House did not take up the regular agenda to express sorrow over tragic incident in Peshawar.

 Order and Institutionalization

• A PPPP lawmaker spoke on a point of order for one minute.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on July 12, 2018 (Thursday) at 1100 hours.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• The attendance of lawmakers is available on the website.

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