National Assembly Press Releases

ISLAMABAD, March 26, 2010: The Low Attendance tenth sitting met for two hours and 1 minute with 67 members present at the outset. The Prime Minister attended the sitting for 38 minutes, while the Leader of Opposition remained absent, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tenth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 25, 2010: The Ninth sitting of the 20th session was marked by low attendance of the legislators with 72 members present at the outset and 52 at the end. Although the Quorum was lacking at various stages of the sitting, the lack of Quorum was not pointed out by any of the members. The sitting also witnessed a procession by members of PML, which resulted into a boycott by the party on alleged rigging in Gujrat by-elections, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Ninth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 24, 2010: The low attendance Eighth sitting of the 20th session met for three hours and ten minutes, with 84 members present at the outset and 43 members at the end. The Prime Minister attended the sitting for 35 minutes, while the Leader of Opposition was present for 25 minutes, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Eighth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 19, 2010: The Seventh Sitting of the 20th Session was marked by low attendance of Legislators with 65 members present at the outset and 80 members present at the end. Although the Quorum was lacking at various stages of the sitting, this was not pointed out by any of the members, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on the Seventh Sitting of the 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 18, 2010: The Sixth Sitting of the 20th Session was marked by low attendance of Legislators with 78 members present at the outset. The Prime Minister attended the sitting for 17 minutes, while the Leader of Opposition was absent, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Sixth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 17, 2010: The low attendance fifth sitting of the 20th session met for three hours and twenty two minutes, with 80 members present at the outset and 72 members at the end. The Quorum was lacking at various stages of the sitting, but the lack of quorum was not pointed out by any of the legislators, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Fifth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 16, 2010: The low attendance fourth sitting of the 20th session met for three hours and seven minutes, leaving most of the agenda on the Orders of the Day unaddressed, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Fourth Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 15, 2010: The third sitting of the 20th session was marked by low attendance with 79 members present at the outset and 92 members at the end. The Prime Minister attended the sitting for 26 minutes, while the Leader of Opposition was present for 28 minutes, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Third Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 12, 2010: The second sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly held here on March 12, 2010 was marked by 15 points of orders, which consumed 46 per cent of the sitting time, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on National Assembly Proceedings.

ISLAMABAD, March 11, 2010: The 20th Session of the National Assembly started here on March 11, 2010 with 47 members present at the outset of the first sitting, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on First Sitting of 20th Session of the National Assembly Proceedings.