24th National Assembly Session Attendance Report Card


The 24th National Assembly Session was spread over 14 sittings. Out of a total of 339 members at the start of the session, 25 (7%) members did not show up in any of the 14 sittings. Nine of these members remained absent in all the sittings, one female member from PML-N was on leave throughout the session while the remaining 15 members applied for leaves for some sittings and remained absent in others. There were nine members of the National Assembly who showed up in only one sitting. Similarly, another nine lawmakers attended only two of the fourteen sittings during the session, remaining absent or on leave for the rest of 12 sittings.

More than one-fourth (92 of 339) of the members attended three to seven sittings, remaining absent or on leave during half of the session. The lawmakers’ attendance record released by the National Assembly Secretariat shows that 32% (109) lawmakers attended more than half but less than 12 sittings of the last session. Additionally, 27 (8%) lawmakers missed two sittings.

There were 34 legislators who showed up in 13 sittings. These included 26 members elected on general seats and eight nominated on seats reserved for women. There were another 34 MNAs who attended all 14 sittings of the session including 20 members elected on general seats, 13 elected on seats reserved for women and one on reserved for non-Muslims.

Speaker of the National Assembly attended 11 sittings. The Deputy Speaker maintained a higher attendance, appearing in 13 sittings. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended only one sitting while the Opposition Leader, Syed Khurshid Shah, attended nine sittings, applied for leave in one sitting and remained absent in four.

Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada was the most regular among cabinet members as he attended 13 of 14 sittings whereas the Federal Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Federal Minister of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development and Federal Minister of Commerce attended one sitting each.

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