ISLAMABAD, December 24, 2021: The Senate discussed Sialkot incident on Friday and adopted a resolution to condemn it, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the second sitting of 316th session:

Members’ Participation

• The Senate met for two hours and 33 minutes.
• The sitting started at the scheduled time of 10:30 am.
• The chairman presided over the sitting for an hour and 56 minutes while the remaining sitting was chaired by a member of panel of presiding officers.
• The deputy chairman was not present.
• The leader of the house attended the entire sitting.
• The leader of the opposition did not attend the sitting.
• The Prime Minister was not present.
• A newly elected PTI Senator took oath and signed roll.
• As many as 14 lawmakers (14%) were present at the outset and 22 (22%) at the adjournment of sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PML-N, NP, PML, ANP, PkMAP, JUI-F and JI attended the sitting.
• Two minority lawmaker were present.

 Output

• The House adopted a resolution to condemn Sialkot incident which was tabled by the leader of the house.

Representation and Responsiveness 

• Moved by the leader of the House, a motion was passed to suspend the question hour.
• Seventeen lawmakers participated in debate on an adjournment motion for two hours and 24 minutes and condemned the shameful act of violent mob attack against a Sri Lankan citizen.

Order and Institutionalization

• The House was adjourned to meet again on Monday, December 27, 2021 at 03:00 pm.

Transparency

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

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