ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2021: The Senate continued debate on Finance Bill, 2021 and witnessed introduction of six government bills, which were referred to the relevant committees for further consideration, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 3rd sitting of 312th session:

Members’ Participation

• The House met for two hours and 43 minutes.
• The sitting started 05:05 pm against the scheduled time of 05:00 pm.
• The chairman presided over the proceedings for two hours and six minutes, while the remaining sitting was chaired by the deputy chairman.
• The leaders of the House and the opposition attended the entire sitting.
• As many as 48 lawmakers (48 percent) were present at the outset and 16 (16 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, JI, PML-N, PkMAP and ANP attended the sitting.
• Two out of four minority lawmakers were also present.

Output

• The House witnessed introduction of six government bills which were the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Bill, 2021; the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and The Pakistan Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2021. All these bills were referred to the relevant committees for further consideration.

Representation and Responsiveness

• Eight lawmakers participated in the budget discussion consuming two hour and 23 minutes of the proceedings.
• Three lawmakers spoke on point of public importance for five minutes

Order and Institutionalization

• The House was adjourned to meet again on Friday, June 18, 2021 at 10:00 am.

Transparency

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

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