ISLAMABAD, January 8, 2014: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Public Service Ordinance, 2013 was introduced by the Finance Minister as low attendance was observed during the third sitting of the KP assembly’s ninth session.
The House witnessed low attendance as fifty members were present at the beginning while 62 were there at the adjournment. A maximum of 66 members were observed to be present at a point during sitting.
Additionally, two reports; the Annual report on the Ombudsman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2012 and second Biannual Monitoring Report on the Implementation of NFC Award, January-June 2012 were laid by the Finance Minister.
Only one out of 12 Starred Questions appearing on the Orders of the Day was taken up by the House and subsequently responded. Additionally two supplementary questions were asked of the relevant ministries.
The House took up a calling attention notice, tabled by a JI member, regarding the misbehavior of a Khyber Medical College teacher with a student on wearing veil.
Members’ Participation in House Proceedings:
- The KP Assembly met for one hour and 13 minutes.
- The sitting started at 1547 hours against the scheduled time of 1500 hours, witnessing a delay of 47 minutes.
- The House took prayer break for 25 minutes.
- Deputy Speaker chaired the entire proceedings.
- Chief Minister was present for forty one minutes while the Leader of the Opposition remained away from the sitting.
- The Parliamentary leaders of JI, APML, QWP, AJIP and PPPP were present.
- Fifty members were present at the beginning while 62 were there at the adjournment. A maximum of 66 members were observed to be present at a point during sitting.
- A single minority member attended the sitting.
- Four members applied for leave.
Output
- The Minister for Finance tabled the KP Right to Public Services Ordinance, 2013 in the House.
- Two reports were also presented on the floor by the Finance Minister. These include the annual report on the Ombudsman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2012 and second biannual Monitoring Report on the Implementation of NFC Award, January-June 2012.
Representation and Responsiveness
- A Single of 12 starred appearing on the Orders of the Day was taken up by the House and subsequently responded. Additionally two supplementary questions were asked to the relevant ministries.
- A calling attention notice was taken up by the House which was raised by a JI member regarding Khyber Medical College teacher misbehavior with a student on wearing veil.
Order and Institutionalization
- No point of order was raised during the sitting.
- No instances of walkouts boycott or protests were witnessed.
- The quorum was observed missing during the preceding however it was not pointed by the members.
Transparency
- ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.
- Information on members’ attendance was not available to observers and the public.
The Daily Factsheet is based on direct observation of KP Assembly proceedings conducted by PAIMAN, a member organization of FAFEN