ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2011: The National Assembly met for two hours and 40 minutes during the 11th sitting of the ongoing session. The sitting which started an hour late witnessed low attendance of Members, with only 46 Members present at the outset and 62 present when the sitting was adjourned.
ISLAMABAD, October 14, 2011: The National Assembly met for an hour and 38 minutes during the 10th sitting of the ongoing session. The sitting was marked by low Members’ attendance. Only 52 Members present at the outset, while 88 were present when the sitting was adjourned.
ISLAMABAD, October 13, 2011: The National Assembly disposed of almost the entire agenda of the ninth sitting of the ongoing 35th session. The agenda-focused sitting witnessed relatively better attendance, with 62 Members present when the sitting started, while 156 Members were present when it was adjourned. A maximum of 210 Members were present at one point of the sitting.
ISLAMABAD, October 13, 2011: Partisan polling station officials, violence and heavy presence of police and security officials inside polling stations marked the by-election for the PP-220 constituency of the Provincial Punjab Assembly [Sahiwal-I], reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of PP-220 By-Election Observation.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The National Assembly met for two hours and 30 minutes during the eighth sitting of the ongoing 35th session. The sitting, which started 65 minutes late, witnessed low attendance, with only 77 Members present at the beginning and 92
ISLAMABAD, October 11, 2011: The National Assembly met for two hours and 17 minutes during the 7th sitting of the ongoing 35th Session. The sitting witnessed low attendance with 31% of the Legislators present at the outset of the sitting and only 16% at the end. A total of nine Private Member Bills were taken up by the House during the 7th sitting.
ISLAMABAD, October 10, 2011: The National Assembly met for two hours and 58 minutes during the 6th sitting of the ongoing 35th session. The sitting was marked by low attendance, with only 64 Members present at the outset and 70 were present when the
ISLAMABAD October 7, 2011: The National Assembly met for an hour and 45 minutes during the fifth sitting of the ongoing 35th session. The sitting was marked by low attendance of Members, with only 52 present at the outset and 64 present at the adjournment of the sitting.
ISLAMABAD, October 6, 2011: The National Assembly met for two hours and 45 minutes during the 4th sitting of the ongoing 35th session. Like previous sittings of the session, the quorum was lacking at various stages of the sitting. However, it was not raised by any of the Members. A total of 38 Legislators were observed to be present at the outset of the sitting, while 50 Members were present when it was adjourned.
ISLAMABAD, October 5, 2011: The National Assembly met for three hours during the third sitting of the ongoing 35th session. The sitting witnessed low attendance of Members, with only 14 Members present at the outset and 31 were present when the sitting was adjourned.
