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17% MNAs present at the outset of the 14th Sitting

February 25, 2010: Attendance remained low at the 14th sitting of the 19th Session. A total of 56 members were present at the outset of the sitting. The Quorum was lacking through the sitting, but was not pointed out by any of the legislators, reports the Free and Fair Election Network [FAFEN] in its Daily Factsheet on the National Assembly Proceedings.

Police presence, weak Election Day administration mark NA-55 by-election

ISLAMABAD, February 24, 2010: By-election for the fifty-fifth constituency of the National Assembly [Rawalpindi-VI] was characterized by relatively low turnout, heavy presence of security forces, including intelligence officials, at times interfering with the electoral process, election officials failing to enforce electoral regulations and significant

13th sitting of 19th NA session started 53 minutes late

Construction of water reservoirs by India remains to be a major matter of concern for the legislators during the low attendance 13th sitting of...

Only 19 MNAs present at the outset of the 12th sitting of NA

Sitting No. 12 of Session No. 19 of the National Assembly held on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Attendance remains to be an important matter of...

Low attendance marks 11th sitting of 19th NA session

Sitting No. 11 of Session No. 19 of the National Assembly held on Monday, February 22, 2010 The eleventh sitting of Nineteenth Session was marked...

Less than 30% MNAs present at 10th Sitting of the 19th Session

Sitting No. 10 of Session No. 19 of the National Assembly held on Friday, February 19, 2010 The tenth sitting of Nineteenth Session of the...

Low Attendance sitting met for more than three and half hours

The Ninth Sitting of Nineteenth Session of the National Assembly met for 3 Hours and 39 minutes. Although the Quorum was visibly lacking at various stages of the sitting, the lack of quorum was not pointed out by any of the legislators. A total of 62 representatives were present at the outset of the sitting and ended with only 53 members present, reports the Free and Fair Election Network.

Attendance remains low in the Eighth sitting of NA

The Eighth Sitting of Nineteenth Session of the National Assembly met for 3 Hours and 59 minutes. The sitting started with a total of 72 members and ended with 60 legislators present, reports the Free and Fair Election Network [FAFEN] in its Daily Factsheet on the National Assembly Proceedings.

Most agenda unattended as NA meets for two and a half hours

The Seventh Sitting of Nineteenth Session of the National Assembly met for two and a half hours, leaving most of the agenda items on...

Low attendance in business-less Sixth Sitting of 19th Session

Sitting No. 6 of Session No. 19 of the National Assembly held on Monday, February 15, 2010 The Sixth Sitting of the Nineteenth Session that...

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