Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the first sitting of the 37th session:

Members’ Participation

• The House met for 31 minutes.
• The sitting started at 02:29 pm against the scheduled time of 11:30 am.
• The speaker presided over the entire sitting.
• The deputy speaker was not present.
• The leaders of the house (chief minister) and the opposition did not attend the sitting.
• As many as 33 MPAs (9%) were present at the outset and 110 (30%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leader of PPPP attended the sitting.
• As many as four out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

• Minister for law presented the Punjab Commission on Irregular Housing Schemes (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.
• Four reports of Standing Committee on Higher Education on as many legislative proposals and a report of special committee on a bill were presented in the House.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House took up one starred question while the Chair deferred the remaining 36 questions due to absence of relevant secretary belonging to agriculture department.
• The Chair admitted two adjournment motions and referred them to special committees. These motions were regarding violation of building codes in Multan and renovation of Rawalpindi Gymkhana.

 Order and Institutionalization

• Two lawmakers spoke on points of order three minutes.
• The House was adjourned to meet again on November 19, 2021 (Friday) at 09:00 am.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available on Punjab Assembly’s website.
• Information on Members’ attendance is available on Punjab Assembly’s website.

The daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Punjab Assembly proceedings conducted by SNAGAT Development Organization – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are regretted