ISLAMABAD, February 27, 2015: Starting 40 minutes behind the schedule, the first sitting of the Senate’s 111th session took up all agenda items amid low attendance of lawmakers, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet. Eleven senators (11%) were present at the start of the sitting and eight (8%) at the […]

ISLAMABAD, February 6, 2015: Starting 28 minutes behind schedule, the fifth (last) sitting of the Senate’s 110th session witnessed the introduction of two bills and presentation of an ordinance amid low attendance of lawmakers. Only four senators (4%) were present at the start of the sitting and 29 (28%) at the time of adjournment.  A […]

ISLAMABAD, February 4, 2015: The fourth sitting of the Senate’s 110th session was adjourned due to lack of quorum amid walkouts by the treasury and opposition lawmakers. The House adopted a resolution tabled by a PML-N senator to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people and pay tribute to their sacrifices. Over half of the agenda […]

ISLAMABAD, February 3, 2015: Starting 37 minutes behind schedule, the third sitting of the Senate’s 110th session was adjourned due to lack of quorum following a walkout by opposition lawmakers, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet. Nearly half of the agenda (including two bills, an ordinance and discussion on a […]

ISLAMABAD, February 2, 2015: Starting 40 minutes behind the schedule, the second sitting of the Senate’s 110th session witnessed the introduction of two bills, adoption of a resolution and debate on the National Internal Security Policy 2014-18 amid low attendance of lawmakers, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). Only eighteen members (17%) were present […]

ISLAMABAD, January 30, 2015: Starting one hour and five minutes behind the schedule, the first sitting of the Senate’s 110th session left all agenda items except the questions unaddressed on Friday, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). The quorum was pointed out by an ANP Senator Zahid Khan following which the sitting was suspended […]

ISLAMABAD, January 6, 2015: Starting 83 minutes behind the schedule, the 12th (last) sitting of the Senate’s 109th session witnessed the passage of the 21st Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 and the Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2015, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet. Fifty-two members (50%) were present at the start […]