ISLAMABAD, November 22, 2021: The Sindh Assembly adopted two resolutions and left 94 percent agenda unaddressed on Monday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.
Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the fourth sitting of 24th session:
Members’ Participation
- The House met for three hours and six minutes.
- The sitting started at 03:05 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.
- The deputy speaker presided over the proceedings for an hour and 40 minutes while the remaining sitting was chaired by a member of panel of chairpersons.
- The leader of the House (chief minister) did not attend the sitting.
- The opposition leader was present for 36 minutes.
- As many as 29 MPAs (17 percent) were present at the outset and 36 (21 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.
- The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI and MQMP attended the proceedings.
- Seven out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.
Output
- Sponsored by PPPP and MQMP lawmakers, the House adopted a resolution to express concerns over the construction of Jalalpur Canal and demanded to stop the project. Seven lawmakers spoke on this resolution for an hour and 13 minutes.
- Tabled by a GDA lawmaker, the House adopted another resolution to pay tributes to Sikhism founder Guru Nanak.
- The House did not consider a bill and ten reports appearing on the agenda.
Representation and Responsiveness
- The House took up five out of 14 starred questions while lawmakers asked 27 supplementary questions.
- Two calling attention notices, a privilege motion and an adjournment motion on the agenda remained unaddressed.
Order and Institutionalization
- The House witnessed three instances of protests during the proceedings for 12 minutes by PTI and MQMP lawmakers. These protests were against the Chair’s attitude and discriminatory attitude of the government with people belonging to urban areas of the province.
- The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 02:00 pm.
Transparency
- ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
- The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the media and observers.
This Daily Factsheet is based on direct observation of the Sindh Assembly proceedings conducted by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Errors and omissions are excepted