• Session Prorogued

ISLAMABAD, March 28, 2017: The Senate passed the Constitutional Amendment Bill relating to the revival of military courts with majority vote, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Seventy-eight members voted in favor of the Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 2017 while three PkMAP lawmakers opposed it.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 14^th (last) sitting of the 260^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The Senate met for two hours and 12 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1535 hours against the scheduled time of 1500 hours.
• The Chairman presided over the entire sitting.
• Deputy Chairman and Prime Minister did not attend the sitting.
• Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition remained present during the entire sitting.
• Parliamentary leaders of NP, PPPP, PTI, PML-F, PkMAP, ANP and MQM attended the proceedings.
• Seventy lawmakers (67% of the total membership – 104) were present at the start and 16 (15%) at the adjournment of sitting.
• Three minority legislators also attended the proceedings.

 Output

• Introduced by Minister for Law, the House passed the Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 2017 relating to the revival of military courts.
• Minister for Parliamentary Affairs introduced the Illegal Dispossession (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The House referred the bill to the relevant committee for further deliberations.
• The House witnessed presentation of five reports of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control and one report of the Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House granted extension to two committees for presentation of their reports.
• The House deferred a motion to adopt the report of Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat regarding performance of Gun and Country Club Islamabad.
• The House passed a motion to constitute the Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

Order and Institutionalization

• Fifteen Points of Public Importance were discussed for 32 minutes.

 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 proceedings conducted by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Errors and omissions are excepted