PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS

June 2016 - May 2017 (Fourth Parliamentary Year) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF

FREE AND FAIR ELECTION NETWORK www.fafen.org I www.openparliament.pk I www.parliamentfiles.com +fafenorg @_fafen fafen.org YOUNG MPs SPONSOR 51 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS DURING 4TH PARLIAMENTARY YEAR Young lawmakers of MQM excel in annual parliamentary performance scorecard 23 legislators stay mum throughout fourth parliamentary year Aliya Kamran of JUI-F most punctual and Hamza Shehbaz of PML-N least punctual among young lawmakers

Pakistan has a large section of young population and their Young Parliamentarians representation in the legislatures has also increased in recent years. Forum (YPF), a platform The Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) of the National Assembly established to assist and comprises 78 lawmakers who are below 40 years of age. The annual develop future political performance statistics showed that as many as 55 out of 78 young leadership of the country lawmakers took part in the proceedings of the National Assembly defines “young during the fourth parliamentary year. The remaining lawmakers did not parliamentarians” as “all contribute to the agenda and debates of the House. Majority of these members who are 40 non-participating lawmakers (17) belonged to PML-N while three were years of age or under at associated with PPPP and one each with MQM, PML-F and the time of election”. Independent group.

ACTIVE YOUNG LAWMAKERS 43 As 30 29 20 16 14

Number of MN 6 5 3 3 2

Contribution Calling Points of Questions Bills Resolutions Motion under Presentation Amendments Adjournment Matter of to Debates Attention Order (Starred and Rule 259 of Reports to the Rules Motions Public Notices Unstarred) Importance under Rule 87

The data revealed that the young lawmakers mostly contribute agenda in collaboration with their senior colleagues. They sponsored 100 agenda items in collaboration with their senior lawmakers and 42 on their own. The young lawmakers participated in the legislation as well as oversight functions by sponsoring 51 legislative proposals, 19 resolutions, 57 Calling Attention Notices, 10 Motions under Rule 259, three amendments to the Assembly's Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business and an Adjournment Motion.

AGENDA CONTRIBUTION BY YOUNG LAWMAKERS 57

25 26 14 10 5

Number of Agenda Items 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0

Bills Resolutions Calling Attention Motion under Amendments to Matter of Public Motion Under Rule Notices Rule 259 the Rules Importance 244(B) under Rule 87 Jointly Individually

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 1 The MQM young lawmakers were more active in proposing legislation and asking questions than their counterparts from other parliamentary parties. They sponsored 28 Private Member's bills and submitted 241 questions during the reporting period. As many as 16 young lawmakers expressed interest in sponsoring legislation, 14 in moving resolutions, 20 in asking questions and 30 in raising Calling Attention Notices. Moreover, 43 lawmakers took part in the discussions held in the House during the fourth year.

ATTENDANCE PATTERN OF YOUNG LAWMAKERS

29 27 As

15 Number of MN 4 2 1

Upto 20 21 - 40 41 - 60 61 - 80 81 - 100 More than 100

Number of Sittings

The National Assembly held 97 regular sittings during the fourth parliamentary year while both Houses of the Parliament had five joint sittings. According to official attendance statistics available on the website of the Assembly, on average, every young lawmaker attended 54 out of 102 sittings. Ms. Aliya Kamran who belongs to JUI-F Balochistan was most punctual member who remained present in 101 (99%) sittings. On the other hand, Mr. Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N lawmaker from the Punjab, was the least punctual among young lawmakers by attending only three sittings. Out of 78, 49 young lawmakers attended more than 51 (50%) sittings. The detailed findings of the report are given below:

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 2 BACKGROUND

The National Youth Policy of the Government of Pakistan drafted in 2008 defined the youth as a period during which a person prepares himself/herself to be an active and fully, responsible member of the society. The policy states that the population in the age group of 15-29 years is taken as the young population. According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2015-16, nearly 40 million out of 192 million population is between the age of 15 and 29 years.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF YOUNG LAWMAKERS 40 19 6 5 4 3 1 Bachelors Masters Others Matric Intermediate Middle Primary

The 14th National Assembly has a large number of young members including many first-time legislators. A Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) was established in 2003 consisting of Members of National Assembly who were either 40 years of age or under at the time of their election. The purpose of the Forum is to provide young parliamentarians with a platform where they can share and develop ideas, improve their legislative and leadership skills, and form inter-regional and inter-party networks.

PARTY AFFILIATION OF YOUNG LAWMAKERS 42 10 10 8 4 1 1 1 1 PML-N PPPP PTI MQM IND JUI-F PML-F NP NPP

Presently, YPF is comprised of 78 members from amongst the Members of National Assembly elected in General Elections 2013. As many as 58 YPF members have been elected to the National Assembly for the first time. The average age of YPF members is 36 years while seven MNAs are under thirty years of age. Majority of these lawmakers are related to agriculture by profession and hold Bachelor's degree. Among major parliamentary parties, MQM has highest percentage (33%) of young lawmakers followed by PTI (30%), PPPP and PML-N (22% each). Out of 19 parliamentary parties including independents, only nine has young lawmakers. The lawmakers belonging to smaller parties JI, PKMAP, PML, ANP PML-Z, APML, QWP-S, BNP-A, AJIP and AMLP are all above forty years of age. PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION OF YOUNG LAWMAKER 31 13 7 6 6 4 2 Agriculturist Businessman Professional Housewife Others Politics Social Worker 2 2 1 1 2 1 Lawyer Teacher Doctor Student Landlord Labor

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 3 Young Lawmakers by Gender Young Lawmakers by Election Young Lawmakers by Seat 4% 16

22% 60 18 3

74% 59 Male Female Reserved for Second Time Third Time First Time Women Minority Elected

Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has analyzed the on-floor performance of the young lawmakers of the National Assembly who are also members of YPF. FAFEN directly observes the parliamentary proceedings of the National Assembly and has complete database of the parliamentary information since 2008. The following report includes performance records of lawmakers from 33rd session to 43rd session held during fourth parliamentary year of the National Assembly. The lawmakers' participation in legislative, oversight and representative functions of the House has been included in this report.

MEMBERS WITH HIGHEST ATTENDANCE

1 2 3 4 5

Mrs. Aliya Kamran Romina Khurshid Alam Surriya Asghar Lal Chand Malhi

JUI-F PML-N PML-N PML-N PTI Attended Attended Attended Attended Attended 101/102 83/102 83/102 80/102 79/102

MEMBERS WITH LOWEST ATTENDANCE

1 2 3 4 5

M. Hamza Shehbaz Sharif Muhammad Zain Ellahi Alam Dad Laleka Ch. Muhammad Asim Nazir Ch. Bilal Ahmed Virk

PML-N IND PML-N PML-N PML-N Attended Attended Attended Attended Attended 3/102 15/102 17/102 20/102 22/102

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 4 INTERVENTION-WISE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

LEGISLATION

The young lawmakers individually or in partnership with their senior colleagues introduced 51 private member bills during fourth parliamentary year. Of these bills, 26 were moved by young lawmakers individually while the remaining 25 were moved in collaboration with lawmakers above 40 years of age. The House passed three of these bills while 26 were sent to the relevant committees for review following their first reading (introduction). As many as seven bills were not granted leave of introduction and were rejected before the introduction. Moreover, four bills were withdrawn by the movers on the request of the treasury and the remaining were not addressed by the House. Out of 78 young lawmakers, 16 showed interest in legislation by sponsoring bills. Seven of these lawmakers belonged to MQM, four to PML-N, one each to PPPP, PTI and JUI-F while one lawmaker was independent.

The legislation moved or co-sponsored by young lawmakers included seven Constitutional Amendments that sought to amend the Articles 27, 37, 156, 215 and 218. However, none of these amendments could make their way to the first reading stage as one bill was not granted leave for introduction, two were withdrawn by the concerned lawmaker and four remained unaddressed.

The young lawmakers also sponsored 10 amendments to criminal laws. Only four of these amendments were read in the House and referred to the relevant standing committee for review while one was rejected and another was withdrawn. The remaining bills in this category were not addressed by the House. The amendments referred to the committees related to the protection of citizens' right to fair trial and honest investigations by the police. Besides the above-mentioned amendments in criminal laws, the young lawmakers also sponsored amendments in the legislation concerning punishment for rape, anti-terrorism, acid and burn crimes and civil suites. But none of these were considered during the proceedings.

The lawmakers initiated legislation on health issues as well and introduced the bills providing for health insurance to disabled persons, rationalization of medical consultancy fees and amendments in the law concerning organ transplant and smoking at public places. Other areas of lawmakers' interest were prohibition of child labor, strengthening anti-corruption mechanisms, witness protection, regulation of fees for technical and medical education, social welfare and institutional reforms.

As many as 28 out of 51 bills were sponsored by MQM, 11 by PML-N, five by JUI-F and three by independent lawmakers. The remaining bills were moved jointly by different parliamentary parties.

RESOLUTIONS

Through resolutions, a legislature, elected party/parties or a lawmaker expresses an opinion, makes recommendations, or conveys a message on a specific and important issue.

During last 11 sessions, the young lawmakers supported 19 resolutions in the National Assembly. Out of 78 young lawmakers, six showed interest in employing this specific parliamentary tool to raise a public concern and make a recommendation to the government.

Out of 19 resolutions sponsored by young lawmakers individually or in collaboration with colleagues, 15 were adopted by the House, one was dropped and three were left unaddressed. Five resolutions were moved by the young lawmakers independently while they collaborated with their senior colleagues for 14 resolutions. These resolutions addressed issues such as Indian aggression in the occupied Kashmir, PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 5 human rights violations, international events, water shortage, infrastructure development, abolition of interest, provision of speedy justice and incidents of violence and terrorism.

Six lawmakers who utilized the tool of resolution to perform their parliamentary duties belonged to PML-N (2), MQM (2), PPPP (1) and PTI (1).

AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

The National Assembly conducts its proceedings under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. These rules are evolutionary and the House continues to change them according to the need and challenges of time. The members may move to amend these rules.

During the reporting period, three young lawmakers sponsored as many amendments to the Assembly's rules. Two of these lawmakers belonged to MQM and they collaborated with their party colleagues to bring two proposals to amend the rules on the Assembly's agenda. The third lawmaker belonging to PPPP individually sponsored an amendment. However, all of these amendments were dropped without being read in the House due to the absence of movers at the time of their consideration.

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICES

Calling Attention Notice is a parliamentary tool to draw attention of the government towards the issues of public importance. Among 78 lawmakers under age of forty, 30 used the tool of CAN to reflect the issues of their constituents in the Lower House during the reporting period. Nine of these lawmakers belonged to PTI, seven to MQM, five each to PPPP and PML-N and one to JUI-F while remaining three were independent lawmakers.

These young lawmakers collaborated with older lawmakers to submit 57 Calling Attention Notices (CANs) during the reporting period. None of the young lawmakers submitted CAN individually. They highlighted the issues related to the economy, foreign affairs, governance, energy crisis, health, education, law and order and military operations in the country.

The young lawmakers belonging to PML-N co-sponsored 20 CANs with their elder colleagues. Similarly, PPPP lawmakers collaborated for 11 CANs, MQM and PTI for seven each, and JUI-F for three. The remaining nine CANs were jointly sponsored by more than one parties. The government made statement on 48 out of 57 CANs while the remaining notices were not addressed by the House.

MOTIONS UNDER RULE 259

Any Minister or a member may give notice of a motion that any policy, situation, statement or any other matter may be taken into consideration under Rule 259 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly. This motion is another tool for parliamentarians to raise the issues of public importance in the House.

Six young lawmakers submitted ten Motions under Rule 259 on various issues including energy crisis, performance of Pakistan Hockey Federation and Council of Islamic Ideology, foreign relations, unemployment, excessive billing of electricity and problems of farmers. None of these motions were taken up for discussion in the House. PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 6 Two young lawmakers each of PML-N and MQM and one each from PTI and PPPP used the Motions under Rule 259 to raise public importance issues.

QUESTIONS

Questions allow the lawmakers to conduct executive oversight by seeking information from the ministries. The Starred Questions are replied in writing as well as orally on floor of the House while only written reply is required for Unstarred Questions.

As many as 29 out of 78 young parliamentarians used Questions to oversee the executive's performance during last three parliamentary years. These lawmakers asked 545 questions, including 311 Starred Questions in this period. These questions were addressed to 33 ministries and departments of the federal government and Prime Minister's office. As many as 397 questions of young lawmakers were replied by the government while the remaining 148 did not receive answers during the reporting period.

POINTS OF ORDER

The Points of Order may be raised in relation to the business before the House and should relate to the interpretation or enforcement of these rules or such Articles of the Constitution which regulate the business of the Assembly. The Speaker may allot last half an hour of the sitting for raising the matters concerned to the government. However, practically, the National Assembly rarely makes distinction between Points of Order and Points of Government Concern.

Thirty young lawmakers raised 59 Points of Order during the reporting period. They spoke on various issues ranging from political events to foreign affairs. As many as 18 Points of Order were raised by PTI, 12 by MQM, nine by PPPP and 11 by young lawmakers of PML-N. The independent young lawmakers and those belonging to JUI-F and NPP also expressed their opinion using POs.

MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE UNDER RULE 87

The members may also draw government's attention to any matter of public importance under Rule 87 of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. Two young lawmakers of MQM along with a senior colleague submitted one such matter regarding declining export of textile and government's failure to address the situation. The issue was addressed in the House and the relevant minister made a statement on the subject.

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 7 LIST OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS

Sr. Name Constituency Party No. 1. Aaisha Gulalai NA-325 KP-IV PTI 2. NA-155 Lodhran-II PML-N 3. Alam Dad Laleka NA-189 Bahawalnagar-II PML-N 4. Ali Muhammad Khan NA-10 Mardan-II PTI 5. Amjid Ali Khan NA-72 Mianwali-II PTI 6. Aqibullah NA-13 Swabi-II PTI 7. Azhar Qayyum Nahra NA-100 Gujranwala-VI PML-N 8. Babar Nawaz Khan NA-19 Haripur PML-N 9. Bilal Rehman NA-36 Tribal Area-I, Mohamand Agency IND NA-136 Nankana Sahib-II cum-Sheikhupura (Old 10. Ch. Bilal Ahmed Virk PML-N Sheikhupura-VI) 11. Ch. Jaffar Iqbal NA-106 Gujrat-III PML-N 12. Ch. Muhammad Asim Nazir NA-77 Faisalabad-III PML-N 13. Ch. Muhammad Shahbaz NA-79 Faisalabad-V PML-N 14. Ch. Nadeem Abbas Rebera NA-143 Okara-I PML-N 15. Dawar Khan Kundi NA-25 D.I.Khan-com-Tank PTI 16. Dr. Nisar Ahmad NA-81 Faisalabad-VII PML-N 17. Ghulam Bibi Bharwana NA-88 Jhang-cum-Chiniot (Old NA 87 Jhang-II) PML-N 18. Ghulam Rabani Khar NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II PPPP 19. Ibadullah NA-31 Shangla PML-N 20. Ihsan Ur Rahman Mazari NA-210 Kashmore (Old Jacobabad-III) PPPP 21. Imran Khattak NA-5 Nowshera-I PTI 22. Imran Zafar Leghari NA-233 Dadu-II(Old Dadu-III) PPPP 23. Isphanyar M. Bhandara NA-336 Non-Muslim-IV PML-N 24. NA-270 Awaran-cum-Lasbela PML-N 25. Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III IND 26. Junaid Akbar NA-35 Malakand Protected Area PTI 27. Khalil George NA-338 Non-Muslim-VI PML-N 28. Kiran Imran NA-277 Punjab-V PML-N 29. Lal Chand Malhi NA-340 Non-Muslim-VIII PTI 30. NA-286 Punjab-XIV PML-N 31. Maiza Hameed NA-290 Punjab-XVIII PML-N 32. Makhdoom Saeed-uz-Zaman NA-218 Matiari-cum-Hyderabad (Old Hyderabad-I) PPPP 33. Makhdoom Syed Ali Hassan Gillani NA-183 Bahawalpur-I PML-N 34. Makhdoom Syed Mustafa Mehmood NA-195 Rahim Yar Khan-IV PPPP 35. Malik Muhammad Afzal Khokhar NA-128 -XI PML-N 36. Marriyum Aurangzeb NA-298 Punjab-XXVI PML-N 37. Marvi Memon NA-321 Sindh-XIV PML-N 38. NA-265 Sibi-cum-Kohlu-cum-Dera Bugti-cum-Hernai PML-N 39. Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani NA-209 Jacobabad-cum-Kashmore (Old Jacobabad-II) PPPP 40. Mohammad Salman Khan Baloch NA-239 Karachi-I West MQM 41. Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha NA-65 Sargodha-II PML-N 42. Mrs. Aliya Kamran NA-332 Balochistan-III JUI 43. Mrs. Mahreen Razaque Bhutto NA-311 Sindh-IV PPPP 44. Muhammad Ali Rashid NA-254 Karachi-XVI East-cum-Malir MQM 45. Muhammad Hamza Shehbaz Sharif NA-119 Lahore-II PML-N 46. Muhammad Khan Daha NA-157 Khanewal-II PML-N

PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS 8 Sr. Name Constituency Party No. 47. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi NA-253 Karachi-XV East MQM 48. Muhammad Tallal Ch. NA-76 Faisalabad-II PML-N 49. Muhammad Uzair Khan NA-69 Khushab-I PML-N 50. Muhammad Zain Ellahi NA-59-Attock-III IND 51. Murad Saeed NA-29 Swat-I PTI 52. Nasir Iqbal Bosal NA-109 Mandi Bahauddin-II PML-N 53. Nauman Islam Shaikh NA-198 Sukkur-cum-shikarpur-I (Old Sukkur-I) PPPP 54. Rana Umar Nazir Khan NA-99 Gujranwala-V PML-N 55. Reeta Ishwar NA-319 Sindh-XII PML-F 56. Rida Khan NA-283 Punjab-XI PML-N 57. Romina Khurshid Alam NA-295 Punjab-XXIII PML-N 58. Sajid Ahmed NA-257 Karachi-XIX Malir-cum-Malir MQM 59. Sajid Hussain Turi NA-37 Tribal Area-II, Kurram Agency IND 60. Sajid Nawaz NA-3 Peshawar-III PTI 61. Salman Hanif NA-138 Kasur-I-cum-Lahore PML-N 62. Saman Sultana Jafri NA-317 Sindh-X MQM 63. Sardar Kamal Khan Bangulzai NA-268 Kalat-cum-Mastung NP 64. Sardar Kamal Khan Chang NA-224 Badin-cum-Tando Muhammad Khan-I (Old Badin-I) PPPP 65. Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar NA-134 Sheikhupura-IV PML-N 66. Sarzameen NA-23 Kohistan PML-N 67. Shahjehan Munir Mangerio NA-320 Sindh-XIII NPP 68. Shaza Fatima Khawaja NA-302 Punjab-XXX PML-N NA-235 Sanghar-cum-Mirpurkhas-cum-Umerkot (Old 69. Shazia Marri PPPP Sanghar-II) 70. Sohail Shoukat Butt NA-130 Lahore-XIII PML-N 71. Sufyan Yousuf NA-247 Karachi-IX Central MQM 72. Surriya Asghar NA-288 Punjab-XVI PML-N 73. Syed Ali Raza Abidi NA-251 Karachi-XIII South-cum-Karachi East MQM 74. Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi NA-238 Thatta-II PML-N 75. Syed Muhammad Ashiq Hussain NA-145 Okara-III PML-N 76. Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari NA-182 Layyah-II PML-N 77. Syed Waseem Hussain NA-220 Hyderabad-II (Old Hyderabad-III) MQM 78. Zeb Jaffar NA-274 Punjab-II PML-N

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