ISLAMABAD, June 26, 2016: The Provincial Assembly of Sindh passed the Sindh Finance Bill, 2016 and approved 149 Demands for Grants on Sunday during last (11^th) sitting of its 25^th session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceeding:

Members’ Participation

• The Sindh Assembly met for six hours and 36 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1130 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours.
• The Speaker chaired the sitting for four hours and eighteen minutes while rest of the proceeding was chaired by the Deputy Speaker.
• The Chief Minister was present for five hours and 23 minutes.
• The Opposition Leader attended the sitting for six hours and five minutes.
• The Finance Minister attended the entire sitting.
• Thirty-eight lawmakers (23%) were present at the start and 85 (52%) at the end of the sitting.
• The Parliamentary Leaders of PPPP, MQM, PML-N and PTI were present.
• Five minority members were present.
• One member applied for leave.

Output

• Tabled by the Finance Minister, the House passed the Sindh Finance Bill, 2016.
• The House continued discussion on Supplementary Budget Statement for Year 2015-16 and Budget Statement for Year 2016-17 and approved all 149 Demands for Grants. All Cut Motion (836) moved by Opposition parties on Supplementary Grants and Demands for Grants were rejected by the House.
• The Finance Minister laid before the House the Schedule of Authorized Expenditure 2016-17 and the Supplementary Schedule of Authorized Expenditure 2015-16.

Order and Institutionalization

• Nine Points Of Order consumed twelve minutes of the proceeding.
• Opposition parties staged a protest for rejection of cut motions Demands for Grants. The instance of protest consumed eleven minutes of proceeding.

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.