ISLAMABAD, November 7, 2013: Starting two hours and 15 minutes late, the 9th sitting of the ongoing Senate’s session witnessed low attendance of Senators, says Free and Fair Election Network in its Daily Factsheet based on direct observation of the Senate on Thursday. As many as 18 Senators were present at the outset of the […]

Boycott by Opposition Benches Low Attendance Observed ISLAMABAD, November 6, 2013: Marked by low attendance and boycott by Opposition Benches, the Senate left the entire agenda items listed on the Orders of the Day unaddressed during the 8th sitting of the Senate’s ongoing 98th session, says the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Wednesday. […]

ISLAMABAD, November 5, 2013: The Senate observed lack of quorum in the seventh sitting of ninety-eighth session as the House did not take up the agenda except questions on the list of business. All opposition parties, excluding the MQM, continued boycott for the fourth consecutive sitting on Tuesday. The opposition members have been protesting over […]

ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2013: The Senate passed a resolution moved by an MQM senator recommending “the federal government to take effective steps to eradicate child labour in the country” as all the opposition parties, excluding the MQM, continued its boycott for the third consecutive sitting. The resolution on the issue of child labour was the […]

ISLAMABAD, November 1, 2013: The Upper House left most agenda on the orders of the day unaddressed as the opposition parties continued their boycott of the proceedings in the fifth sitting of the 98th session, on Friday. The Chairman presided the entire sitting in the presence of the Leader of the House along with the […]

ISLAMABAD, October 31, 2013: The Chairman adjourned the Senate’s proceedings due to a lack of quorum as the opposition boycotted the fourth sitting of the 98th session on Thursday. The opposition (excluding MQM Senators) boycotted the sitting over the Interior Minister’s conduct with the opposition members who accused him of presenting wrong figures about the […]

ISLAMABAD, October 30, 2013: Two walkouts by the opposition members over a “wrong reply” of a question and “unparliamentarily attitude” of the Interior Minister disrupted the Senate proceedings during the third sitting of the 98th Session. The MQM did not join the opposition’s protest despite being on the opposition benches. The proceedings of the House […]

ISLAMABAD, October 29, 2013: A report on the Right to Information act 2013 was presented in the second sitting of ninety-eighth session of Senate. The report was presented by the Chairman of Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting under sub-rule (1) of rule 196 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. The House […]

ISLAMABAD, October 28, 2013: The Upper House on Monday did not take up more than two-third of the private members’ day’s agenda in the first sitting of the 98th session. The House left five motions under rule 218, as many resolutions and a government bill (the Surveying and Mapping Ordinance, 2013) unaddressed. However, moved by […]

ISLAMABAD, August 30, 2013: Senate’s 97th session was prorogued on Friday as the Upper House concluded debate on the presidential address to the parliament. Five members shared their views in the 90-minute debate on the presidential address during the tenth sitting. Two PPPP Senators and a Senator each from ANP, PMLN and JUIF took part […]