ISLAMABAD, September 23, 2016: The Provincial Assembly of Sindh deferred most of its agenda, including one government bill and a standing committee report on Thursday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during third sitting of the 27^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The Sindh Assembly met for one hour and 50 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1023 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was also present.
• The Chief Minister attended the sitting for one hour and 38 minutes.
• The Leader of the Opposition remained present for 13 minutes.
• Thirty-one lawmakers (18%) were present at the start and 80 (48%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The Parliamentary leaders of PPPP, MQM, PML-F and PTI were present.
• Five minority members also attended the sitting.
• Five members applied for leave.

Output

• Tabled by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, the House deferred consideration of the Zulfikarabad Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2016 till Monday.
• The House also deferred presentation of a report of the Standing Committee on Education regarding the Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Bill, 2015.

Representation and Responsiveness

• Four out of 18 Starred Questions were responded to by the government. The lawmakers also asked 24 Supplementary Questions.
• An Adjournment Motion remained unaddressed due to mover’s absence.
• Five Calling Attention Notices (CANs) were taken up and responded to by the relevant ministers.

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers spoke on four Points of Order consuming 15 minutes of the proceedings.

Transparency

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

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This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Sindh Assembly proceedings, conducted by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted.