ISLAMABAD, September 19, 2013:  Starting two hours behind the schedule, the Sindh Assembly passed nine bills during the second sitting of seventh session on Thursday. Out of three bills on the orders of the day, the House passed two and one was deferred till the next sitting. Later the Law Minister introduced seven bills as […]

ISLAMABAD, September 18, 2013: The Sindh Assembly passed the Sindh Witness Protection Bill 2013 and adopted six resolutions in the first sitting of seventh session on Wednesday. The Law Minister moved a motion to defer the Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill 2013 till the next sitting. A new draft amending the rules of […]

ISLAMABAD, September 9, 2013: The law and order situation in Karachi took more than half the time of the Sindh Assembly’s sixth session on Monday. An Adjournment Motion on the issue was moved by five MQM legislators. Eighteen MPAs spoke in the subsequent discussion, which lasted for 3 hours and 41 minutes. The Sindh Information […]

Session Prorogued ISLAMABAD, August 19, 2013: The Sindh Assembly passed the Sindh Local Government Bill and the Sindh Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill amid the opposition’s protests in the first sitting of the fifth session on Monday. Led by the Leader of the Opposition, MQM legislators staged a protest against the passage of the Sindh Local […]

ISLAMABAD, June 29, 2013: Amid the opposition’s protest and walkout, the Sindh Assembly passed the finance bill 2013 during the ninth sitting of its third session which was prorogued on Saturday. The sitting was delayed by an hour and 38 minutes. As the Chief Minister moved the motion for the passage of the finance bill, […]

ISLAMABAD, June 28, 2013: Winding up general discussion on the annual budget, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Minister shared their views for 55 and 86 minutes respectively in the eighth sitting of the Sindh Assembly’s third session. The Opposition moved 1024 Cut Motions of which seven were withdrawn while the rest were […]

ISLAMABAD, June 27, 2013: Thirty members – 21 of PPPP, three each of PMLN and MQM, two of PMLF and one of PTI – took part in general discussion on the budgetary proposals on Thursday, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet based on the direct observation of the assembly […]

ISLAMABAD, June 26, 2013: As many as 35 MPAs discussed the annual budget for six hours and 29 minutes in the sixth sitting of the Sindh Assembly’s third session on Wednesday. The long-stretched sitting, which met for eight hours and 10, was started with the delay of an hour and 44 minutes. Twenty members of […]

ISLAMABAD, June 25, 2013: Fifteen members took part in general discussion on budget in fifth sitting of the Sindh Assembly’s ongoing third session on Tuesday, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet based on the direct observation of assembly proceedings. The sitting lasted four hours and 20 minutes. Seven members […]

ISLAMABAD, June 24, 2013: Twenty-one members took part in general discussion on budget during the fourth sitting of the Sindh Assembly’s ongoing third session on Monday. The House also adopted three resolutions – two unanimously and one with a majority vote. Starting two hours late, the sitting lasted six hours. As many as 85 members […]