ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
2016-17
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Fourth Parliamentary Year of 14th National Assembly
AJIP Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan
ANP Awami National Party
APML All Pakistan Muslim League
AMLP Awami Muslim League Pakistan
BISP Benazir Income Support Program
BNP Balochistan National Party
CANs Calling Attention Notices
CDA Capital Development Authority
FATA The Federally Administered Tribal Areas
ICT Islamabad Capital Territory
IND Independent Member
JI Jamaat-e-Islami
JUI-F Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islam (Fazlur Rehman)
MQM Muttahida Qaumi Movement
MUR Motion under Rule
NP National Party
NPP National Peoples Party
PkMAP Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PML Pakistan Muslim League
PML-F Pakistan Muslim League (Functional)
PML-N Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
PML-Z Pakistan Muslim League (Zia-ul-Haq Shaheed)
PPPP Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians
PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
QWP-S Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao)
ABBREVIATIONS
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17National Assembly of Pakistan 01
The 14th National Assembly registered a decline in attendance and participation of lawmakers in the proceedings during fourth parliamentary year as compared to preceding years. The lawmakers average per-sitting attendance decreased from first year's 65% to 60% this year. Similarly, the number of active lawmakers dropped from 304 to 270 in four years. As many as 69 lawmakers did not contribute anything to parliamentary agenda or debates during fourth year.
The Assembly also witnessed decrease in parliamentary interventions used for executive oversight and public representation i.e. CANs, Motions under Rule 259 and Questions. The lawmakers raised 31% less CANs, 22% less Questions and 18% less Motions under Rule 259 during fourth year than previous years. The Assembly took up 74% of its regular agenda items while the remaining were left unaddressed either due to absence of concerned lawmakers or early adjournment of proceedings.
The Assembly marked slight improvement in the legislative yield as compared to the preceding year by approving 61 bills. Last year,
the House approved 59 pieces of legislation. The uniqueness of fourth year's legislation was the passage of 11 Private Members' bills, as the Assembly did not pass any non-treasury legislation during last three years.
The committees' output also witnessed a considerable increased from 120 reports last year to 154 reports this year. The Assembly also adopted 40 resolutions, of which 18 were sponsored by private lawmakers. The instance of protests, walkouts and identification of quorum also witnessed an increase as compared to the preceding year. The lawmakers staged 53 protests and pointed out quorum 41 times during the reporting period, whereas these numbers were 49 and 26, respectively last year.
Amidst increasing political friction, the Assembly addressed the crucial issues of military courts, electoral reforms and FATA reforms during fourth year. It approved the 28th Constitutional Amendment to extend the term of military courts for another two years. These courts were set up under the 21st Constitutional Amendment in January 2015 and became dysfunctional on expiry of the initial
ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION OF LAWMAKERS DECLINE IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
n National Assembly passes 11 Private Members' Bills
n Considerable improvement seen in committees' output
n PM attends six, Leader of the Opposition 63 sittings
n No participation by 69 lawmakers throughout fourth parliamentary year
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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two-year term. This time, a Parliamentary Committee on National Security was established to review the performance of the military courts.
The House also took legislative action to address the economic and financial matters, judicial reforms, institutional development and reforms and human rights. In addition, the bills were passed on the subjects related to security, education, health, governance, elections, accountability, environment, agriculture, parliamentary affairs and prevention of electronic crimes. The government initiated legislation on FATA reforms package as well by introducing the Constitution (Thirteenth) Amendment Bill, 2017 and the Tribal Rewaj Bill, 2017 to give effect to the reforms.
The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) presented its second interim report along with a Draft Elections Bill 2017 to the House in December 2016. The government also moved an election-related constitutional amendment titled as the Constitution (Twenty-seventh) Amendment Bill in the Assembly. However, the momentum for electoral reforms appeared to have receded in latter half of the year in wake of political controversies gripping the Assembly proceedings slowing the progress on draft Elections Bill and the 27th constitutional amendment.
The House, through resolutions, made recommendations to the government on the matters related to governance and energy sectors besides reflecting its resolve against terrorism related issues. The lawmakers also
reiterated their support for the Kashmiris against increasing human rights violations by Indian forces in the occupied valley. A joint session of the Parliament was convened to discuss Kashmir issue and Indian ceasefire violations along the Line of Control. The issue came under discussion through a Motion under Rule 259 and an Adjournment Motion as well.
The House witnessed a dozen protests of opposition lawmakers over the Panama Papers case demanding the Prime Minister to resign. Following Supreme Court's verdict in the case, the opposition tried to move a Privilege Motion against the Premier for making false statement on the floor of the House. However, the Chair did not allow the motion to be made. The House rejected the opposition's Panama Papers Inquiry Commission Bill which was initiated in the Senate and transmitted to the Lower House. Instead, the House approved the treasury's legislation namely the Pakistan Commissions of Inquiry Bill.
The House also made changes to its Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business to give the Senate representation in the Public Accounts Committee and to reform the practices regarding Question Hour and committees. The amendments to the rules of Question Hour related to the online submission of questions' notices, time period for submitting questions and balloting of questions. Moreover, the House also bound the ministries to inform their relevant standing committees about implementation of the committees' recommendations on the development-related budgetary proposals.
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FOUR-YEAR COMPARISON14th National Assembly
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17National Assembly of Pakistan 06
Actual Sittings 100 109 102
Working Days 131 132 133
Proceedings Duration (Hour)
355
276
317
Average Sitting Time
3h3h:35m
Average Delay (Minutes)
32
35
12
Average Maximum Attendance per Sitting
222
194
205
Sittings Attended by Member (Average)
65
63
61
Maximum Attendance
317
287
277
Minimum Attendance
105
87
119
Active Members
304
260
270
Govt. Member Bills Passed
11
16
61
Private Members' Bills Introduced
45
35
61
Private Members Bills Passed
0
0
11
CANs Taken Up
104
70
74
Resolutions Adopted
56
34
40
Starred Questions
2,035
1,764
Unstarred Questions
2,616
1,215
Motions Discussed
18
9
9
Adjournment Motions
3
Amendments (Adopted/Referred to Committee)
2
11
12
Protests/Walkouts/Boycotts
41
51
53
Identification of Quorum
19
9
41
Time Consumed on POs (Minutes)
4,209
2,688
2620
103
135
334
3h:22m
14
208
63
302
122
295
59
44
0
111
44
1,973
987
8
0
9
49
26
3,722
1st Parliamentary
2nd Parliamentary
3rd Parliamentary
4th Parliamentary
3h:8m
1789
506
PROCEEDINGS DURATION, ATTENDANCEAND PARTICIPATIONThis section gives the details of the schedule and duration of sessions as well as the members' attendance, maintenance of quorum and participation of members.
It also reviews the presence of key members – Leader of the House, Leader of the Opposition, Speaker and Deputy Speaker – and the time they spent on the floor of the House.
Total Sessions
14Total Sittings
102Total Duration
317Hours and 12 minutes
Eleven Sessions of NA and three joint sessions of
the Parliament
1
The National Assembly convened 11 sessions, comprising 97 sittings during the fourth parliamentary year.
In addition, three sessions having five joint sittings of both the Houses of Parliament were also held during
same period. The working days of the Assembly remained 133 that include the sittings of National
Assembly, joint sittings of the Parliament and those days when there were no sittings held. However, more
than two consecutive off-days are not counted as working days. The cumulative duration of the
proceedings during the reporting year remained 319.5 hours.
DURATION AND ATTENDANCE
SESSIONS AND SITTINGS
1
16
13
6
3
8
1
9
5
9
13
8
46
8th JointSession
33 34 35 9th JointSession
36 10th JointSession
37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker attended 86 sittings each. The Speaker presided over 49%
while the Deputy Speaker 41% of the proceedings. The Panel of Chairpersons presided over the sittings
for four percent of the sittings time. Whereas, the remaining time (6%) was consumed in suspension of
proceedings or prayer breaks. The Leader of the House (Prime Minister) attended six sittings for 8.75
hours (3% of the proceedings) while the Leader of the Opposition remained present during 64 sittings for
96.1 hours (30% of the proceedings).
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DURATIONS OF PROCEEDINGS
0:51
13:48
0:45
7:28
12:14
16:2321:43
2:41
11:19
4:45
18:36
16:27 12:36 11:54
8th JointSession
9th JointSession
10th JointSession
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
KEY MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE (hh:mm)
Deputy Speaker
86ISittings
40%Proceedings
Presided overAttended
Speaker
86 ISittings
49%Proceedings
Presided overAttended
Prime Minister
6 ISittings
Attended
3%Spent
time in the House
Leader of the Opposition
64Sittings
Attended
I 30%Spent
time in the House
Each sitting of the session, on average, started with a delay of 12 minutes, with 44 (13%) members present
at the outset while their attendance rose to average 56 (16%) members at the end of each sitting. The
attendance at commencement and conclusion of the sittings is recorded through headcounts conducted
by FAFEN observers. However, according to the official attendance records, on average, 205 (60%)
members attended each sitting during the year. The maximum attendance during the year remained 277
while the minimum was 119. Moreover, each lawmaker attended 61 sittings during the year.
SESSION-WISE ATTENDANCE
226 2
73
220 2
77
23
5
227
218
20
0
217
25
3
27
5
23
5
224 2
71
226 24
3
220
119
124
182
142
146 16
5 182
157
152
212
126
226 25
3
220
228
190
20
3
193
168 18
6 216
212
193 218
20
3
8th 9th 10th 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd
Maximum Members Minimum Members Average Members
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PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS ATTENDANCE
Iftikhar Uddin
APML69I attended
Dr. M. Farooq Sattar
MQM16I attended
Sayed Essa Nori
BNP44I attended
Usman Khan Tarrakai
AJIP70I attended
Sahibzada Tariqullah
JI82I attended
Imran Khan
PTI2I attended
Sardar Kamal Bangulzai
NP32I attended
Syed Naveed Qammar
PPPP79I attended
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman
JUI-F23I attended
Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq
PML-Z68I attended
Aftab Ahmed Sherpao
QWP-S77I attended
Saddaruddin Rashdi
PML-F18I attended
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed
AMLP
63I attended
Mahmood Khan Achakzai
PkMAP75I attended
Ch. Pervez Ellahi
PML16I attended
Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi
NPP44I attended
Ghulam Ahmed Bilour
ANP71I attended
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The lawmakers may participate in the proceedings by
submitting agenda items and/or taking part in the
discussions or deliberations on the floor of the House.
As many as 270 lawmakers took part in the
proceedings by contributing to agenda and/or
debates during fourth parliamentary year. These
lawmakers included 142 members of the PML-N, 33 of
PPPP, 32 of PTI, 22 of MQM and 12 of JUI-F. The
legislators of smaller parties also took part in the
proceedings. However, 69 lawmakers – 60 men and 9
women – did not participate in the proceedings
throughout the year. The ratio of non-participating
members is high among male lawmakers (22%) as compared to women (13%). These lawmakers belonged
to nine political parties, 47 amongst PML-N, 13 PPPP, three PML-F and one each of PTI MQM, JUI-F, PML,
NPP and an Independent lawmaker.
PARTICIPATION
NON PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
JUI-F
147PML-N
1PML
13PPPP
1PTI
1MQM
IND
1
3PML-F
1NPP
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GENDER WISE PARTICIPATION
270
209
61Total
Male FemaleActive Member
PARLIAMENTARY FUNCTIONARIES' ATTENDANCE
Sheikh Aftab Ahmed
Name
3
Not Attended
99
Attended
102
Grand Total
Zahid Hamid Khan 12 90
Portfolio
Parliamentary Affairs
Law and Justice, Addl. Climate Change
Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada 22 80
Muhammad Barjees Tahir 25 77
Inter-Provincial Coordination
Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan
Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan 34 68National Food Security and Research
Abdul Qadir Baloch 38 64
Rana Tanveer Hussain 45 57
States and Frontier Regions
Defence Production
Sardar Muhammad Yousuf 44 58
Khawaja Muhammad Asif 56 46
Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
i) Water & Power ii) Defence
Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi 58 44
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 62 40
Industries and Production
Petroleum and Natural Resources
Khawaja Saad Rafique 66 36
Ch. Nisar Ali Khan 63 38
Railways
Interior and Narcotics Control
Khurram Dastgir Khan 69 33Commerce
Pir Saddaruddin Shah 84 18Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
Ahsan Iqbal 73 29Planning, Development and Reform
102
Akram Khan Durrani 70 32Housing and Works 102
102
FEDERAL MINISTERS
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Marriyum Aurangzeb
Name
19
Not Attended
83
Attended
102
Grand Total
Dr. Tariq Fazal Ch. 25 77 102
Portfolio
Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
Capital Administration and Development Division
Usman Ibrahim 32 70 102
Abid Sher Ali 35 67 102Water and Power
Anusha Rahman Ahmad 39 63 102
Pir M. Amin Ul Hasnat 33 69 102Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
Information Technology and Telecommunication
M. Baleegh-ur-Rehman 43 59 102
Jam Kamal Khan 44 58 102
I) Federal Education and Professional Training (ii) Interior and Narcotics Control
Petroleum and Natural Resources
Saira Afzal Tarar 53 49 102National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Shaheen Shafiq
Name
7
Not Attended
95
Attended
102
Grand TotalPortfolio
States & Frontier Regions
Raja M. Javed Ikhlas 11 91 102Cabinet Secretariat
Rajab Ali Khan Baloch 16 86 102National Food Security & Resources
Mian Najibuddin Awaisi 19 83 102Commerce
Rana M. Afzal Khan 22 80 102Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics & Privatization
Dr. M. Afzal Khan Dhandla 24 78 102
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES
MINISTERS OF STATE
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Khalil George 25 77 102Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
Rao M. Ajmal Khan 26 76 102Industries & Production
Sardar Shafqat Hayat Khan 26 76 102Inter Provincial Coordination
Mian Imtiaz Ahmed 31 71 102Ports & Shipping
Syed Sajid Mehdi 31 71 102Housing & Works
Syed Ashiq Hussain 36 66 102Railways
Dr. Darshan 38 64 102National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
Syed Saqlain Bukhari 39 63 102Inter Provincial Coordination
Ch. Hamid Hameed 43 59 102Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan
Ch. Jaffar Iqbal 40 62 102Defence
Ibadullah 46 56 102Planning and Development
Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha 57 45 102Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage
Muhammad Nazir Khan 51 51 102M/O Federal Education and Professional Training
Sarzameen 64 38 102Textile Industry
Alam Dad Laleka 85 17 102Communications
Muhammad Tallal Ch. 24 78 102Science & Technology
Name Not Attended Attended Grand TotalPortfolio
Maiza Hameed 27 75 102Capital Administration and Development Division
Azhar Qayyum Nahra 41 61 102Water & Power
Shazadi Umarzadi Tiwana 88 14 102
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NP1I
PML2I
PML-F5I
MQM23I
JUI-F13I
BNP1I
IND9I
ANP2I
1IAPML
4IPkMAP
4IJI
1IAJIP1IAMLP
2INPP
1IPML-Z
1IQWP-S
CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
47IPPPP189IPML-N PTI
33IPARTY REPRESENTATION
17 11 243
10
183
74
Balochistan FATA ICT KhyberPakhtunkhwa
Minority Punjab Sindh
REGIONAL REPRESENTATION
GENDER REPRESENTATION TYPES OF SEATS
270 10 60MinorityElected Resever Women270 70
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PARLIAMENTARYOUTPUTThis section deals with the legislative business, resolutions, reports and documents presented before the House during the session.
Passed Bills
61Total Resolutions
91Reports
13
2
The legislative business brought to the National Assembly during fourth parliamentary year comprised 70
government and 111 Private Members' bills. The House passed 50 government and 11 Private Members'
bills while 20 government and 61 Private Members' bills are under review of the committees or pending at
the second-reading stage. Of the remaining Private Members' bills, 16 were rejected at the introduction
stage, 11 were withdrawn by the relevant lawmakers and 12 were dropped due to absence of the
sponsors.
LEGISLATION
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Government BillsPassed Introduced Rejected
70Total bill
50 20
11 61 16
111Total billPrivate Bills
Withdrawn
11
Dropped
12Among 61 Private Members' Bills introduced in the House, 22 were sponsored by the lawmakers
belonging to MQM, 15 by PML-N, seven by PPPP, six by JUI-F, five by PTI, four by JI and one by QWP-S.
Moreover, one Private Member's bill was jointly sponsored by lawmakers belonging to PML-N and JUI-F.
The female lawmakers sponsored 33 bills, male lawmakers eight and the remaining 20 bills were jointly
sponsored by both.
The introduced government legislation focused on electoral reforms, fata reforms, technical education
and training and institution reforms. Whereas, the legislation approved by the House addressed the
economic sector reforms, justice system, institutional development and reforms and human rights.
Moreover, the bills passed were related to the issues of security, education, health, governance,
elections, accountability, environment, agriculture, parliamentary affairs and prevention of electronic
crimes.
A brief description of the legislation carried out in the House is given below:
Economy, Finance and Taxation:
The House passed 15 bills related to the economy, financial sector and taxation. The Companies
Ordinance, 1984 was replaced with an updated law. The Assembly outlawed benami transactions as well
as amended the banking and financial institution laws. It approved the bills providing for establishment of
Public Private Authority and Deposit Protection Corporation. The Assembly also approved amendments
to the Cost and Management Accountants Act, 1966 to authorize the Institute of Cost and Management
Accountants of Pakistan to offer certification in cost accountancy for specific sectors of the economy.
Another law passed by the House provided for entering into and regulating limited liability partnerships.
Legal and Judicial Affairs:
The Assembly approved 15 judiciary-related bills, including a Constitutional Amendment and a Private
Member's bill on the theme. The Constitution and the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 were amended to permit
the trial of the terrorism-related offences in the military courts. The other pieces of legislation under this
category provided for setting up alternate dispute resolution mechanisms for civil litigation and imposing
litigation adjournment costs to discourage frivolous and vexatious cases. The House also passed a
Private Member's bill seeking to put in place a witness protection program encouraging witnesses to
support the law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities. Another bill sought authorization of the
federal government to make grants-in-aid to the bar councils across the country. Other laws in this
category are related to pecuniary limits of the courts and the right to appeal in certain cases.
Institutional Development and Reforms:
The House passed nine bills which provide for setting up new public bodies or to change the statutes of
existing institutions. The new institutions to be set up under the approved legislation included the
Pakistan Council for Science and Technology and the Pakistan National Accreditation Council. The
amendments were made in the statute of the National School of Public Policy to redefine its functional
domain. Moreover, the National Command Authority's law was amended to ensure finances for the
authority. The amendments to the National Counter Terrorism Authority sought to improve the working of
authority by binding the Executive Committee to meet at least once a year. Furthermore, a bill sought to
provide representation to Engineer-in-Chief of the Army in the Pakistan Engineering Council while
another bill provided for the regulation of marine insurance sector.
Education:
The House passed two education related bills. One of these bills sought extension to the limits of Federal
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education to the entire country while the other bill provided for
making Quranic education compulsory in schools.
Energy:
Through amendments in the Criminal Laws, strict penalties were introduced for the theft of electricity
while another bill provided for establishment of institutions and enunciation of mechanisms for
conservation and efficient use of energy.
Elections:
The House passed two bills dealing with the subject of elections. One of these bills was a Private
Member's bill that sought to include barring of women from voting in the list of corrupt practices. The
second bill provided for the salary, allowances, perks and privileges of members of the Election
Commission of Pakistan.
Health:
The House passed one health-related bill providing for compulsory blood screening of the relatives of
Thalassemia patients.
Human Rights and Minorities Affairs:
The House passed six bills under this category. These included the provision of establishment of National
Commission on the Rights of Children, registration of marriages between persons of Hindu community,
criminalizing hate speech and lynching and making the laws stringent for the offences of honor-killing
and rape.
Environment and Agriculture:
The Assembly passed two bills seeking to put in place institutional mechanism for tackling the impacts of
climate change and encourage the development of new plant varieties.
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Internet Regulation:
The Assembly passed the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2016 to make provisions for preventing
online crimes. The bill was initially passed during the third parliamentary year and was referred to the
Senate from where it was passed with certain amendments. It was again sent back to the National
Assembly for approval.
Accountability and Transparency:
The Assembly approved the government bill providing for setting up inquiry commissions on public
importance matters. The legislation was initially passed during last year in the backdrop of political
parties' demand to hold inquiry into Prime Ministers' family businesses revealed in the Panama Leaks. The
version sailed through this year was the one received from the Senate where the original bill was passed
with amendments. Moreover, another bill namely The Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill, 2016 sought to
make provisions for trial of retired officials accused in cases of embezzlement.
Governance:
The House approved three laws aimed at regulating public transport in Islamabad, timely completion of
land acquisition process for public sector projects and increasing the monetary limit of postal orders.
Parliamentary Affairs:
The Senate initiated a legislation under Article 87(2) of the Constitution to regulate the services,
recruitment and the conditions of service of staff in the Senate Secretariat. The bill was referred to the
National Assembly during the reporting period and was passed by the House.
The House adopted 40 resolutions during the
fourth parliamentary year. More than half of these
(22) were not included in the agenda and were
moved as the supplementary business. A total of 69
resolutions were appeared on the Orders of the
Day, including 64 Private Members' resolutions and
five government resolutions seeking extension in
ordinances. Out of these, 18 resolutions were
passed, two were rejected and one was referred to
the committee for further deliberation. The
remaining 48 resolutions were left unaddressed
either due to absence of the movers or early
adjournment of the sittings. Among 64 Private
Members' resolutions, 19 were submitted by PML-N
lawmakers, 12 by MQM and 10 each by lawmakers belonging to PPPP and PTI. Moreover, the lawmakers
of JI and JUI-F moved seven and six resolutions, respectively.
The supplementary resolutions were of commemorative nature or brought to condemn the incidents of
terrorism. Three of these resolutions were moved by the government while the remaining were jointly
sponsored by the government and the private lawmakers from both sides of the isle.
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RESOLUTIONS
Total
9140
27
39
12
Adopted
Deferred
Dropped
Not Taken Up
Reffered to Committee
Rejected
The subjects of the resolutions adopted by the House are as follows:
Governance:
The Assembly passed five governance-related resolutions recommending the government to set up
separate counters for women in NADRA offices, improve performance of PTV, simplify pension payment
procedure, abolish interest on house-building advance and discontinue deduction of house maintenance
allowance from the salaries of the federal government employees.
Energy:
The Assembly adopted two resolutions urging the government to expedite the construction of Diamer
Bhasha Dam and to control the electricity load-shedding.
Religious Affairs:
The House recommended the government to subsidize the first Hajj of citizens and send official
delegation to the holy city of Madina to commemorate birthday of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
Education:
The House made recommendation to establish Women Universities in all districts of the country.
Human Rights:
The House expressed its concerns over increasing number of forced conversions and asked the
government to take steps to stop this trend.
Condemnation:
The House passed 15 resolutions condemning the terrorist activities in Pakistan and abroad, incidents of
honor-killings, Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and violations of ceasefire at the Line of Control,
killing of Amjad Sabri and Mashal Khan, anti-national statements of Altaf Hussain and circulation of
blasphemous content on the social media.
Commemorative Resolution:
The Assembly adopted two resolutions to mark 69th anniversary and the International Women's Day.
Condolences:
The House offered its condolences, through three resolutions, on the demise of renowned boxer
Muhammad Ali, social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi and the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
Solidarity:
The House adopted two resolutions to express its support to the people of occupied Kashmir for their
right to self-determination and to the Government of Turkey after failed coup-attempt against their
President.
Miscellaneous:
In addition, the House recommended to the government to control unemployment, construct walls along
the railway lines, upgrade Sukkur Airport and rename the Swat Airport as Major General Sanaullah Khan
Niazi Shaheed Airport.
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AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF PROCEDURE A total of 17 amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business were moved during the
reporting period. The House adopted eight of such amendments proposed by the government while four
private lawmakers' amendments were referred to the relevant committee for further review. Moreover,
two proposed amendments were dropped due to the absence of relevant lawmakers while one
amendment remained unaddressed. The approved amendments provided for inclusion of Senators in the
Public Accounts Committee, submission of Questions' notices through emails, including provisions
regarding precedence of questions and lapse of questions' notices. Moreover, the House also made
provision in the rules by binding the government ministries to report to the committee regarding
implementation of its recommendations on the development budget of ministries. The amendments
referred to the committees included proposals to change the rules regarding debate on the Presidential
address and the reports of the sub-committees. The House rejected a proposal to include the National
Anthem as part of the routine proceedings.
STATUTORY REPORTSThe government presented 13 statutory reports before the House. Four of these were the reports of the
State Bank on the state of economy. Other reports included the Annual Report of the National Economic
Council for year 2014-15, the Annual Report of the Council of Common Interests for 2015-16, the report of
the Federal Accounts for year 2014-15, the Audit Report for 2015-16, two Biannual Reports on the
monitoring of implementation on National Finance Commission Award for 2015-16, the Progress Report of
the Benazir Income Support Program for 2014-2016, the Fiscal and Debt Policy Statement for 2016-17, the
Civil Servants (Service in International Organizations) Rules, 2016 and the reports of the Council of Islamic
Ideology for the years 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1997-98, 1998-99,
1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10,
2010-11, 2011-12.
COMMITTEE REPORTS The standing committees presented 154 reports in the Assembly during the fourth parliamentary year.
Four of these were the Public Account Committee's (PAC) reports while the remaining reports were
related to the standing committees, including 74 periodical reports. The periodical reports are the
performance reports of the committees they are required to submit before the House after every six
months. Of the remaining reports, 65 were on the legislative proposals while 12 other reports were on the
matters referred to the committees by the House. The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms
also presented its interim report in the House. In addition, 14 committee reports, including two PAC
reports appearing on the agenda, were left unaddressed.
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REPRESENTATION, RESPONSIVENESSAND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHTThis section gives statistical as well as qualitative overview of nonlegislative interventions in the House – Questions, Adjournment Motions (AM) or any other motions – for the oversight of government and to articulate issues of public interest and importance.
Total Questions
1789
Adjournment Motions
3Call Attention
Notices
88
3
QUESTION HOURA total of 2295 Questions, including 1789 Starred Questions were admitted for answers during the fourth
parliamentary year. Each Starred Question is required to be answered in writing as well as orally. However,
less than one third, 564 (31%) questions were taken up on the floor of the House for oral answers. The
lawmakers asked 1194 supplementary questions for further elucidation of answers. Moreover, the
Executive failed to provide timely answers to 221 (9%) questions during the year.
The questions were addressed to the President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office and the 35 ministries
and departments of the government. The Ministry of Interior and the Narcotics Control received the
highest number of questions (222), which was followed by the Ministry of Finance, Revenue, Economic
Affairs, Statistics and Privatization with 219 questions.
A total of 110 lawmakers, including 45 women, used their right to ask questions from the government.
Thirty-eight lawmakers belonged to the PML-N, 19 to PPPP, 18 to PTI, 13 to MQM while the other
lawmakers represented the smaller parties.
QUESTION HOURS STATISTICS
Starred Questions Orally Answered Questions Not Replied
Questions Transferred to Other Ministries
Un-Starred Questions Supplementary Questions
1789 564 97
1194124506
MINISTRY-WISE QUESTIONS
222 219
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CALLING ATTENTION NOTICES The House took up 74 Calling Attention Notices (CANs) on various issues of public importance during the
fourth parliamentary year. A total of 88 CANs was listed on the agenda. The government representatives
(ministers or parliamentary secretaries) made statements on the taken-up CANs, however, the remaining
notices were left un-addressed. Through these CANs, the legislators highlighted the issues of public
importance related to the food security, communication, overseas Pakistanis, sports, health, economy,
governance, media and energy etc.
The lawmakers of PML-N submitted 34 CANs, followed by PPPP (13), MQM and PTI (nine each) and JI and
JUI-F (four each). Moreover, 15 CANs were jointly submitted by the lawmakers belonging to two or more
parties. The female lawmakers sponsored 31 CANs whereas male legislators were able to sponsor 20
CANs and the remaining 37 CANs were co-sponsored by both the male and female lawmakers. Most of
these CANs were addressed to the Capital Administration and Development Division (12) and Ministry of
National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (11).
Gender-wise Sponsorship of CANs
88
74
14
Total
Not Taken UpTaken Up
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Status of CANs
The fourth parliamentary year witnessed the presentation of two annual budgets. The year started with
33rd session convened for Budget 2016-17 and ended up with the general discussion on Budget 2017-18.
The 33rd session had 17 sittings and remained the longest session of the year. The general debate on
budget spanned over 39.6 hours, followed by three-day long consideration and approval of 147 Demands
for Grants and Appropriations. The House passed the Finance Bill, 2016 and rejected 1287 Cut Motions of
the opposition lawmakers with a majority vote. The lawmakers also approved 112 Supplementary
Demands for Grants during the session.
The Prime Minister was not in the country due to medical reasons and, therefore, did not attend the
Budget Session, whereas 13 other lawmakers also remained absent throughout the session. Twenty-five
lawmakers of PPPP, 27 of PTI and 13 of MQM took part in the budget discussion. As many as 41 female
lawmakers consumed 20% of the time assigned for discussion on the budget, whereas, 141 male
lawmakers representing 15 parliamentary parties consumed 80% of the discussion time.
BUDGET SESSIONS
37Jointly
31Female
20Male
The House took up and debated only nine out of 65
Motions under Rule 259. Of the remaining motions,
49 were never read in the House while six were
dropped due to the absence of relevant lawmakers
and one motion was deferred, which was not taken
up. Three of the motions debated in the House
were moved by the lawmakers belonging to PML-
N, two each by members of JUI-F and JI and one
each by members of PPPP and MQM. The matters
concerning terrorist attack in Quetta, performance
of Statistics Division with reference to the Census,
Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC),
the performance of Benazir Income Support
Program (BISP), the performance of Aviation
Division and the foreign and industrial policies of
the government came under discussion.
MOTIONS UNDER RULE 259
The lawmakers raised two Matters of Public Importance under Rule 87 regarding unprecedented
decrease in the exports of the country and failure of the government to control the production and sale of
spurious and substandard medicines. The House took up the former for discussion while the latter
intervention remained unaddressed.
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
The lawmakers moved three adjournment motions during the year seeking debate on Indian atrocities in
the occupied Kashmir, Pakistan's role in the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance and the conflict at Pak-
Afghan border. The former two motions were debated in the House while the third one was admitted for
discussion, however, no debate took place on it.
ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS:
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Total
69
9 1
6
53
Debated Deferred Dropped Not Taken Up
ORDER ANDINSTITUTIONALIZATIONOrder and institutionalization is important for an efficient and productive legislature. This section includes details of points of order, privilege motions and protests observed in the assembly during the year.
Points of Order
653Protests/Walkouts
/Boycotts
53
4
The House witnessed 53 instances of walkouts, protests and boycotts during the fourth parliamentary
year. Most of the times, the protesting lawmakers belonged to the opposition benches; however, on three
occasions the lawmakers belonging to ruling PML-N and the government-allied parties, JUI-F and PkMAP,
also staged walkouts. The MQM lawmakers walked out of House 12 times during the reporting year,
mostly to register their protest over the excesses of security forces against their party workers and
leaders in Karachi. However, they raised their concerns over the conduct of Census and the power
shortages in Karachi.
The opposition parties staged collective walkouts 10 times during the reporting year. These walkouts
were instigated by the political controversy surrounding the Prime Minister and his family, remarks of a
minister against the opposition lawmakers, hasty legislation and denial of an opportunity to a lawmaker to
speak in the House. The PPPP staged seven walkouts individually to protest against the enforced
disappearances of their party loyalists. The opposition lawmakers collectively or individually protested or
walked out against issues related to the scuffle between PTI and PML-N lawmakers, absence of ministers
during the proceedings of the House and the unsatisfactory replies of the government to the members'
agenda items. The lawmakers of ANP, JI, PTI, PkMAP and FATA also registered their concerns over the
CPEC project by resorting to a walkout. The PML-N and PTI lawmakers protested against each other twice
during the year on Panama Papers issue as well.
PROTESTS, WALKOUTS AND BOYCOTTS
The lawmakers raised 635 Points of Order during the parliamentary year, consuming 2,620 minutes (14%
of the total proceedings). A total of 170 members, including 30 female lawmakers, used Points of Order to
speak on the floor of the House. The members generally discussed the political developments, economic
policies, international events, energy-related problems, governance issues and the matters concerning
affairs of the Federation. According to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, a Point of Order
can be raised exclusively to indicate any violation in the conduct of business of the House while the Chair
can allot last half an hour of any sitting, except Friday, to raise a matter which is not a Point of Order.
POINTS OF ORDER
(Minutes)
186(Minutes)
367POs consumed POs consumed
115 103
33 19
(Minutes)
336(Minutes)
363(Minutes)
167(Minutes)
75POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed
54 98
39th Session 40th Session 41th Session 42nd Session
33rd Session 34th Session
55
(Minutes)
318POs consumed
35th Session
80
(Minutes)
333POs consumed
37th Session
34
(Minutes)
329POs consumed
38th Session
62
(Minutes)
146POs consumed
36th Session
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The lawmakers drew the attention of the Chair to the lack of quorum 41 times during the fourth
parliamentary year. The subsequent headcounts after identification of quorum revealed that the quorum
was lacking on 24 out of 41 occasions, while the quorum was found complete during the remaining
instances. Of the 24 sittings, nine were suspended to wait for the quorum to complete while the remaining
sittings were adjourned for a later day. The PTI lawmakers identified quorum 19 times while the PPPP
lawmakers pointed it out 18 times. Moreover, two independent lawmakers pointed out the quorum four
times each.
QUORUM
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