ISLAMABAD, May 15, 2017: The Sindh Assembly passed the Sukkur IBA University Bill, 2017 and adopted a resolution paying tribute to saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar on Monday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 15^th sitting of the 32^nd session:

Members’ Participation

• The Sindh Assembly met for three hours and 43 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1146 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the sitting for two hours and 21 minutes while the Deputy Speaker chaired the rest of the proceedings.
• The Leader of the House (Chief Minister) did not attend the sitting while the Leader of the Opposition was present for 59 minutes.
• Thirty-five lawmakers (21%) were present at outset while 60 (25%) at adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, MQM, NPP, PML-F and PTI attended the sitting.
• Six minority members were present.

Output

• The House adopted a supplementary resolution paying tribute to saint Lal Shahbaz Qalanadar.
• Moved by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, the House passed the Sukkur IBA University Bill, 2017.
• The Z. A. Bhutto Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Bill, 2017 was deferred due to lack of time.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up four Starred Questions which were responded to by the relevant minister. The lawmakers also asked 22 Supplementary Questions.
• The ministers made statements on three Call Attention Notices (CANs) regarding issues of roads and sewerage in PS-46, incident of terrorism in Karachi and construction of multi-storey buildings. The two CANs were not taken up due to absence of movers.
• The Chair declared an Adjournment Motion and a Privilege Motion out of order.

Order and Institutionalization

• The lawmakers spoke on five Points of Order consuming 20 minutes of the sitting.

Transparency

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

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This Daily Factsheet is based on direct observation of the Sindh Assembly proceedings conducted by Pakistan Press Foundation, a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted.