ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2012: Starting two hours and 50 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of the 43rd session witnessed low attendance of legislators as most of the agenda was left unaddressed. Forty-seven members were present at the outset while there were 21 at the end of the sitting. A maximum of 107 members were […]

ISLAMABAD, November 7, 2012: Starting two hours and 30 minutes behind schedule, the third sitting of 42th session of the Punjab Assembly did not take up any of the 11 bills on the Orders of the Day. The House also suspended the Question House for general discussion on the Supreme Court verdict in the Asghar […]

ISLAMABAD, November 6, 2012: Starting an hour and 35 minutes behind schedule, the second sitting of 42th session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance as only 6% (22 of the total 371) MPAs were present at the outset and 8% at the adjournment due to lack of quorum pointed out by a Member of […]

ISLAMABAD, November 5, 2012: Starting two hours and 15 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of 42th session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance of MPAs with only 34 (9% of the total membership – 371) present at the outset and 51 were there at the adjournment, says Free and Fair Election Network. None […]

ISLAMABAD, September 14, 2012: Starting 25 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of 41th session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance of MPAs with only 12 present at the outset and 32 when it was adjourned. Two resolutions – one on the factory fires in Karachi and Lahore and the other condemning the airing […]

ISLAMABAD, August 29, 2012: Starting an hour and 20 minutes behind schedule, the last sitting of 40th session of the Punjab Assembly adopted a Resolution against the formation of the federal commission on new provinces. The Resolution was moved by the Law Minister. On the other hand, the opposition PPPP and PML Members staged a […]

ISLAMABAD, August 28, 2012: The Punjab Assembly, which met for only 39 minutes during the second sitting of the 40th session on Tuesday, again witnessed a walkout by the PPPP and PMLN legislators over the nominations made for the federal commission on new provinces. During the first sitting on Monday, after exchanging harsh words over […]

ISLAMABAD, August 27, 2012: Starting two hours and 45 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of 40th session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance of MPAs with only 42 present at the outset and 62 when it was adjourned. The Quorum, visibly lacking at various stages of the sitting, was pointed out by a […]

ISLAMABAD, July 19, 2012: Despite lack of quorum the Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a bill during the fourth sitting of the 39th session. Only 2% MPAs were observed to be present at the beginning and 9% at the end of the sitting. Three of the treasury-backed bills were introduced and sent to the relevant […]

ISLAMABAD, July 18, 2012: The Punjab Assembly, which met for three hours and 35 minutes during the third sitting of the 39th session on Wednesday, passed eleven bills amid lack of quorum. The quorum, visibly lacking at various stages during the sitting, was pointed out twice by one Member each of PML and PPPP. On […]