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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)

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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


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


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).


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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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133

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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


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:


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

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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


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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