Leaves most of agenda items unaddressed ISLAMABAD, February 19, 2013: Starting 42 minutes late, the second sitting of ongoing session that met for two hours and 30 minutes on Tuesday left most of the agenda items, listed on the Orders of the Day, unaddressed. Like previous Private Members’ Days, the agenda for today’s sitting was […]

ISLAMABAD, February 18, 2013: Starting an hour and 40 minutes late, the first sitting of 50th session of National Assembly met for an hour and 52 minutes on Monday, witnessed low attendance of Members. Only 41 members were present at the start of the sitting while 68 were there at the end. Additionally, the Speaker, […]

ISLAMABAD, February 08, 2013: The 12th and the last sitting of 49th session of National Assembly, which met for 10 minutes on Friday, was adjourned because of lack of quorum – 1/4th of the total membership required for House proceedings. A PMLN member pointed out the quorum only five minutes after the sitting started, which […]

ISLAMABAD, February 07, 2013: The 11th sitting of the National Assembly’s 49th session, which met for an hour and 35 minutes on Thursday, was marked by low attendance and unaddressed agenda.Four bills, six resolutions, eight motions under rule 259, and a calling attention notice on the agenda remained unaddressed.Sixty-six members were present at the outset […]

ISLAMABAD, February 04, 2013: Starting 36 minutes late, the National Assembly suspended its regular agenda to offer condolence on the death of an MNA from Balochistan.The 10th sitting of the ongoing 49th session, which met for 39 minutes on Monday, was marked by low attendance as only 53 members were present at the outset and […]

ISLAMABAD, February 01, 2013: The 55-minute 9th sitting of the 49th session of National Assembly was marked by low attendance and walkouts. Sixty-two members were present at the outset while 55 were there at the time of adjournment. A maximum of 108 members were present at one point of sitting. A report about creation of […]

ISLAMABAD, January 31, 2013: The 8th sitting of National Assembly’s 49th session was marked by low attendance as 56 members were present at the outset while only 14 were there at the time of adjournment. A maximum of 116 members were present at one point of sitting. Three walkouts were observed in the sitting. MMAP […]

ISLAMABAD, January 30, 2013: Starting two hours and 22 minutes late, the National Assembly’s seventh sitting of the 49th session addressed most of agenda appearing on the Orders of the Day on Wednesday. There were 145 members at the outset whereas a maximum of 168 members were present at one point of sitting. The Stock […]

ISLAMABAD, January 29, 2013: The National Assembly unanimously passed three bills in the 6th sitting of the ongoing 49th session, which met for three hours and one minute on Tuesday. Eighty-eight members were present at the outset, 60 at the time of adjournment while a maximum of 152 members were present at one point of sitting. The […]

ISLAMABAD, January 26, 2013: The fifth sitting of the 49 session of the National Assembly witnessed low members attendance on Saturday. Only 18 members were present at the outset and 30 were there at the time of adjournment. A maximum of 48 (14%) members were present at one point of sitting. The Prime Minister, the […]