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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ANNUAL 2018-19 THE SENATE OF PAKISTAN - SIXTEENTH PARLIAMENTARY YEAR NT MON E ITO M R IA L R A P N E F A F FREE AND FAIR ELECTION NETWORK www.fafen.org I www.openparliament.pk ABBREVIATIONS ANP Awami National Party BAP Balochistan Awami Party BNP-M Balochistan National Party (Mengal) IND Independent Member JI Jamaat-e-Islami JUI (F) Jamiatul-Ulema-e-Islam (F) MQM Mutahidda Qaumi Movement NP National Party PkMAP Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party PML-F Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) PML-N Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) PPPP Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf AM Adjournment Motion CANs Calling Attention Notices PO Points of Order ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2018-19 01 Senate Legislative Output Falls During 16th Parliamentary Year House Transacts 78 Percent Business, Passes 20 Government and Six Private Members' Bills With the post-election change in its leadership The approved government-sponsored and membership, the Senate struggled during legislations dealt with providing constitutional the 16th parliamentary year to maintain the and legal framework to FATA's merger with higher standards of productivity and efficiency Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; introducing institutional set during the previous term (2015-18). The reforms in health infrastructure; improving Upper House of the Parliament faltered on mechanism to tackle human-trafficking; maintaining the pace of producing legislations, granting legal charter to educational institutions; overseeing executive, transacting committee and introducing further reforms to electoral business and maintaining order during the framework. The private members' bills passed by outgoing parliamentary year that concluded on the House pertained to further criminalizing the March 11, 2019, if compared with the preceding child abuse; provision of day-care facility to year. However, the House improved on the working women; professional training for counts of punctuality and respect for time. students; abolition of interest on private loans; provision of financial relief for victims of natural Senate's legislative productivity during its 16th disaster; and protection of workers' rights. parliamentary year remained half of what it was during the preceding year. The House passed The Senate also registered some decline on the only 26 legislative pieces – 20 government and counts of efficiency and institutionalization six private – during the outgoing parliamentary during the year. The House transacted more than year as compared to 50 legislations – 33 three quarters (78 percent) of its agenda during government and 17 private – passed during the the reporting year compared to 98 percent previous year. This decline may partly be business transacted during previous year. The attributed to the numerical minority of the House took up 38 out of 49 private members' incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the bills, 40 out of 41 government bills, 31 out of 53 Senate. resolutions, 49 out of 62 Calling Attention Notices, 31 out of 42 Adjournment Motions, and On government-sponsored legislation, Senate 15 out of 42 Motions under Rule 218 coming on mainly disposed of business that was initiated the orders of the day. Also, the House took up 92 by the previous government. The current out of 99 committee reports, 16 out of 19 government introduced only seven bills in the statutory reports, and 45 motions under Rule 194 House. Within this set of seven bills, three were (1) for extending the committee reports' initiated by the previous government during its deadlines. Around one quarter of business tenure but had lapsed with the expiry of the term coming on the agenda remained unaddressed of 14th National Assembly. Government also due to absence of the concerned lawmakers or withdrew one bill after its introduction saying it due to adjournment of sittings without required a review by the cabinet. transacting the business in full. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2018-19 02 The productivity of Senate's Committees also The 16th year, however, registered a marked showed a certain degree of decline during the improvement in Senate's punctuality. The House reporting year as compared to previous year. A sittings began with an average delay of less than number of committees – standing, functional a minute. Last year, the sittings had recorded an and special – submitted 92 reports to the average delay of six minutes. As many as 59 out plenary during 16th year against 228 reports of 76 sittings started on their scheduled time presented last year. during 16th year while the maximum delay witnessed in the commencement of proceedings The Senate's oversight of executive and public for a single sitting was 13 minutes. representation also showed some numerical decrease during reporting year if compared with On the attendance count, the official records do the previous year. The lawmakers adopted 30 not suggest any remarkable difference between resolutions, debated 14 motions under Rule 218, average attendance of lawmakers per sitting and asked 745 questions during 16th between two years. On an average, 64 lawmakers parliamentary year whereas they had adopted 69 attended each Senate sittings during the resolutions, debated 73 motions and submitted reporting year. This number stood at 66 for the 1,538 questions during previous year. previous year. As many as 13 sittings had to be adjourned or suspended due to lack of quorum One reason behind the fall in numbers is the fact during 16th year whereas this number was only that the House met for lesser number of hours one during the previous year. The instances of during the reporting year as compared to the disorderly conduct also registered a surge since previous one. Overall, the House held 76 sittings the preceding year when six instances of during the year- 29 fewer than previous year. On protests were recorded whereas FAFEN observer an average, each sitting in 16th year met 15 noted 39 incidents of walkouts or protests during minutes less than an average sitting during 15th outgoing year. year. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2018-19 03 ﺳﯿﻨﯿﭧ ﮐﺎ ﺳﻮﻟﮩﻮاں ﭘﺎرﻟﯿﻤﺎﻧﯽ ﺳﺎل: ﻗﺎﻧﻮن ﺳﺎزی ﺳﺴﺖ روی ﮐﺎ ﺷﮑﺎر رﮨﯽ اﯾﻮان اﭘﻨﺎ ﺗﯿﻦ ﭼﻮﺗﮭﺎﺋﯽ اﯾﺠﻨﮉا ﻧﻤﭩﺎﻧﮯ ﻣﯿﮟ ﮐﺎﻣﯿﺎب رﮨﺎ ٢٠ ﺣﮑﻮﻣﺘﯽ اور ﭼﮫ ﻧﺠﯽ ﻗﺎﻧﻮﻧﯽ ﻣﺴ ّﻮدات ﮐﮯ ﺳﺎﺗﮫ ﺳﺎﺗﮫ ﺗﯿﺲ ﻗﺮاردادوں ﮐﯽ ﻣﻨﻈﻮری دی ﮔﺌﯽ ا ں ر ل ٢٠١٥ ٢٠١٨ دورا ن دہ ر را ت ا ر ر رت ۔ رہ رچ ٢٠١٩ وا اس س س دوران اان دت ٥١ ارا ۔ ر ر ل ن زى، رد ا، ا، ں ں رروا اور و و ار ار اس اس س س رد رد رو زوا لر ر ا ا و و ى ى س س ى ى د د آ۔ ن زى ا ر ل دوران ن س ّدات ر ۔ اس س ٢٠ ّدات اور ّدات ر س ٣٣ ّدا ت اور ١٧ ّدات ر ۔ ر ہ ّدا ت اد د اس و دہ ن ن اف اف دى ا ا ۔ ن زى زدہ ّدات دور ۔ دہ ف ال ت ّدات اان ن ّدات دور ا ا ت ۔ ۔ آں، ، دہ ا ا ا ا ا ا اس اس د د وا ا ا ال ال دہ رى ۔ ۔ ر ہ ّدات ت ا ام، ادارہ ات، ا ر ى ى ، ٰٰٰا اداروں ر ا ، اور ا ن ات رف ا ۔ ا ح ر ہ ّدات ال، ز ا ں ڈے ا، وارا ، ں د ، آ زدن اا د اور ز ز ق ق و و دى ۔ ۔ رد س د آ۔ ر ل دوران اان ا اے ار ب ر اس س ح ٩٨ ر ۔ ہ اے ا ّدات ، ٤٩ ّدات ت 38، ، ٥٣ ٥٣ اردادوں ٣١، ٣١، 62 دؤ دؤ ں ں ٤٩، ٤٩، ٣٠ ٣٠ ر ر اا اا 31، ، ٤١ ٤١ ر ر ز ز ہ ہ ٢١٨ ٢١٨ ١٥، ١٥، ٩٩ ٩٩ ررں ررں ٩٢، ٩٢، ١٩ ١٩ ررں ررں ١٦ ١٦ ۔ ۔ ا ا اا اا ارا ى ى ں ں و و ۔ ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2018-19 04 ں رد زوا ل ر ر۔ اس س ں، ں اور ں ٩٢ رر اان س اد ٢٢٨ ۔ رد ے اور ا اے دى اوٹ د آ۔ اان اس س ارداد ر ، دہ ر ز ہ ٢١٨ اور ٧٤٥ ات ۔ دوى ، ر ر ل دوران ٦٩ اردادوں رى دى ، ٧٣ ٧٣ ر ر زِ زِ آ آ ، ، اور ١٥٣٨ ١٥٣٨ ات ات ۔ اان رروا دورا س ا ر رد اادور ا ۔ ر ل دوران اان ٧٦ ٧٦ ر ر ر ر ل ل دورا ن١٠٥ ١٠٥ ۔ ۔ او اس اس ل ل دورا س س رہ ۔ ۔ ر ل دوران ن و ى ظ ر۔ او، ا رہ و ا وع ۔ س، س، او ر ر ۔ ۔ اس اس س س ٧٦ ٧٦ ٥٩ ٥٩ ا ا رہ و و وع زدہ زدہ دورا ہ ہ ر۔ اان ارا ى ار ر اور رن ں دوران وا ق ے آ۔ ر ل ارا ى او ٦٤ ر ل دورا ن او ٦٦ ۔ اس ل ١٣ ں رروا رم و اا ر ر۔ س ا رم و ى ى ۔ آں رروا دورا ن اج اور وا ك آءوٹ وات س ا د آ۔ آ۔ ر ر ل ل دورا ناج اج وا كآءوٹ 39 وات ت آ آ ل ل ا نوات ت ا د ۔ ۔ PROCEEDINGS DURATION AND ATTENDANCE This section gives the details of the schedule and duration of sessions as well as the members' attendance 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. 1 Total Sessions Total Sittings Total Duration 12 76 234 Hours and four minutes ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2018-19 06 DURATION AND ATTENDANCE The Senate convened 12 sessions, comprising 76 sittings and 113 working days during the 16th parliamentary year. Constitutionally, the House is required to complete at least 110 working days including the days of actual sittings, joint sittings of the Parliament and a break-period of up to two days between two consecutive sittings.

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