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ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 ARLIAMENT

Fourth Parliamentary Year of 14th National Assembly AFEN P F FREE AND FAIR ELECTION NETWORK www.fafen.org I www.openparliament.pk ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of 01 ABBREVIATIONS

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 Parliamentarians

PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

QWP-S Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao) ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 02 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 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

The 14th National Assembly registered a the House approved 59 pieces of legislation. decline in attendance and participation of The uniqueness of fourth year's legislation was lawmakers in the proceedings during fourth the passage of 11 Private Members' bills, as the parliamentary year as compared to preceding Assembly did not pass any non-treasury years. The lawmakers average per-sitting legislation during last three years. attendance decreased from first year's 65% to 60% this year. Similarly, the number of active The committees' output also witnessed a lawmakers dropped from 304 to 270 in four considerable increased from 120 reports last years. As many as 69 lawmakers did not year to 154 reports this year. The Assembly also contribute anything to parliamentary agenda adopted 40 resolutions, of which 18 were or debates during fourth year. sponsored by private lawmakers. The instance of protests, walkouts and identification of The Assembly also witnessed decrease in quorum also witnessed an increase as parliamentary interventions used for executive compared to the preceding year. The oversight and public representation i.e. CANs, lawmakers staged 53 protests and pointed out Motions under Rule 259 and Questions. The quorum 41 times during the reporting period, lawmakers raised 31% less CANs, 22% less whereas these numbers were 49 and 26, Questions and 18% less Motions under Rule respectively last year. 259 during fourth year than previous years. The Assembly took up 74% of its regular agenda Amidst increasing political friction, the items while the remaining were left Assembly addressed the crucial issues of unaddressed either due to absence of military courts, electoral reforms and FATA concerned lawmakers or early adjournment of reforms during fourth year. It approved the proceedings. 28th Constitutional Amendment to extend the term of military courts for another two years. The Assembly marked slight improvement in These courts were set up under the 21st the legislative yield as compared to the Constitutional Amendment in January 2015 and preceding year by approving 61 bills. Last year, became dysfunctional on expiry of the initial ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 03 two-year term. This time, a Parliamentary reiterated their support for the Kashmiris Committee on National Security was against increasing human rights violations by established to review the performance of the Indian forces in the occupied valley. A joint military courts. session of the Parliament was convened to discuss Kashmir issue and Indian ceasefire The House also took legislative action to violations along the Line of Control. The issue address the economic and financial matters, came under discussion through a Motion under judicial reforms, institutional development and Rule 259 and an Adjournment Motion as well. reforms and human rights. In addition, the bills were passed on the subjects related to The House witnessed a dozen protests of security, education, health, governance, opposition lawmakers over the Panama Papers elections, accountability, environment, case demanding the Prime Minister to resign. agriculture, parliamentary affairs and Following Supreme Court's verdict in the case, prevention of electronic crimes. The the opposition tried to move a Privilege Motion government initiated legislation on FATA against the Premier for making false statement reforms package as well by introducing the on the floor of the House. However, the Chair Constitution (Thirteenth) Amendment Bill, 2017 did not allow the motion to be made. The and the Tribal Rewaj Bill, 2017 to give effect to House rejected the opposition's Panama the reforms. Papers Inquiry Commission Bill which was initiated in the Senate and transmitted to the The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Lower House. Instead, the House approved the Reforms (PCER) presented its second interim treasury's legislation namely the Pakistan report along with a Draft Elections Bill 2017 to Commissions of Inquiry Bill. the House in December 2016. The government also moved an election-related constitutional The House also made changes to its Rules of amendment titled as the Constitution (Twenty- Procedure and Conduct of Business to give the seventh) Amendment Bill in the Assembly. Senate representation in the Public Accounts However, the momentum for electoral reforms Committee and to reform the practices appeared to have receded in latter half of the regarding Question Hour and committees. The year in wake of political controversies gripping amendments to the rules of Question Hour the Assembly proceedings slowing the related to the online submission of questions' progress on draft Elections Bill and the 27th notices, time period for submitting questions constitutional amendment. and balloting of questions. Moreover, the House also bound the ministries to inform their The House, through resolutions, made relevant standing committees about recommendations to the government on the implementation of the committees' matters related to governance and energy recommendations on the development-related sectors besides reflecting its resolve against budgetary proposals. terrorism related issues. The lawmakers also ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 04

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ا ات ر دوى رى ررٹ از اا ن ٹ وزا ف ا ر ل دورا ناا ن ۔ اس ررٹ اق ب ۔ اا ن ّزہ ڈرا ا ٢٠١٧ ل از ااى د د ّد ے رت اا ن ۔ ا ا ع ّدہ ر ۔ ت آ اا ن ۔ ر ل اا ن ارا اؤ زت ے اا ن اس آ ر د ا ا و ا رى ۔ دى۔ اا ن اس ا اردادوں ذر ا ار اور ا ا ن و ات ا لاى ذر ا اور ات رت ۔ در ا اردادوں ر د اد رے ا ر ۔ اس و ہا ا دى ف م ادہ ۔ ارا رى ا اور ذر وزارں اس ت و ہا ا ا زا اردادوں رى دى۔ ں دى رت رآ ررٹ ع رن اس ا د ر ۔ ذر اس ۔ از ارا ل دورا ن ز ل ا

اور وزا ف در اج او ر وزِ ا ۔ ل ا ٰٰٰ ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 06 FOUR-YEAR COMPARISON 14th National Assembly 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Parliamentary Parliamentary Parliamentary Parliamentary Actual Sittings 100 109 103 102 Working Day s 131 132 135 133

Proceedings Duration (Hour) 355 276 334 317

Average Sitting Time 3h:35m 3h 3h:22m 3h:8m

Average Delay (Minutes) 32 35 14 12 Average Maximum Attendance per Sitting 222 194 208 205

Sittings Attended by Member (Average) 65 63 63 61 Maximum Attendanc e 317 287 302 277 Minimum Attendanc e 105 87 122 119

Active Members 304 260 295 270

Govt. Member Bills Passed 11 16 59 61

Private Members' Bills Introduced 45 35 44 61 Private Members Bills Passed 0 0 0 11 CANs Taken Up 104 70 111 74 Resolutions Adopt ed 56 34 44 40

Starred Questions 2,035 1,764 1,973 1789

Unstarred Questions 2,616 1,215 987 506

Motions Discussed 18 9 8 9

Adjournment Motions 0 3 Amendments (Adopted/Referred to Committ ee) 2 11 9 12 Protests/Walkouts/Boycotts 41 51 49 53 Identification of Quorum 19 9 26 41 Time Consumed on POs (Minutes) 4,209 2,688 3,722 2620 1 PROCEEDINGS DURATION, ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION This 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 Total Sittings Total Duration 14 102 317 Eleven Sessions of NA and three joint sessions of Hours and 12 minutes the Parliament ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 08

DURATION AND ATTENDANCE

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.

SESSIONS AND SITTINGS 16 13 13

8 9 9 8 6 5 6 3 4 1 1

8th Joint 33 34 35 9th Joint 36 10th Joint 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Session Session Session

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 7:28

18:36 12:14 2:41 4:45 21:43 16:23 16:27 13:48 11:19 12:36 11:54 0:51 0:45

8th Joint 9th Joint 10th Joint 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Session Session Session ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 09

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.

KEY MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE (hh:mm)

Speaker Deputy Speaker Prime Minister Leader of the Opposition

Attended Presided over Attended Presided over Attended Spent Attended Spent 86 49% 86 40% 6 3% 64 30% Sittings I Proceedings Sittings I Proceedings Sittings I time in the House Sittings I time in the House

SESSION-WISE ATTENDANCE 5 271 273 277 27 253 253 7 243 235 235 228 227 226 226 226 224 220 220 220 218 218 21 216 212 212 203 203 200 193 193 190 186 7 182 182 168 165 15 152 146 142 126 124 119

8th 9th 10th 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd

Maximum Members Minimum Members Average Members ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 10 PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS ATTENDANCE

Sahibzada Tariqullah Syed Naveed Qammar Aftab Ahmed Sherpao Mahmood Khan Achakzai Ghulam Ahmed Bilour 82 79 77 75 71 JI I attended PPPP I attended QWP-S I attended PkMAP I attended ANP I attended

Usman Khan Tarrakai Iftikhar Uddin Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Sayed Essa Nori 70 69 68 63 44 AJIP I attended APML I attended PML-Z I attended AMLP I attended BNP I attended

Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi Sardar Kamal BangulzaiMaulana Fazal-ur-Rehman Saddaruddin Rashdi Ch. Pervez Ellahi 44 32 23 18 16 NPP I attended NP I attended JUI-F I attended PML-F I attended PML I attended

Dr. M. Farooq Sattar Imran Khan 16 2 MQM I attended PTI I attended ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 11

PARTICIPATION

The lawmakers may participate in the proceedings by submitting agenda items and/or taking part in the GENDER WISE PARTICIPATION 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 209 debates during fourth parliamentary year. These lawmakers included 142 members of the PML-N, 33 of Total PPPP, 32 of PTI, 22 of MQM and 12 of JUI-F. The 61 legislators of smaller parties also took part in the proceedings. However, 69 lawmakers – 60 men and 9 270 Male Female women – did not participate in the proceedings Active Member 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.

NON PARTICIPATING MEMBERS 47 13 3 1 1

PML-N PPPP PML-F MQM JUI-F 1 1 1 1

PTI PML NPP IND ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 12 PARLIAMENTARY FUNCTIONARIES' ATTENDANCE

FEDERAL MINISTERS

Name Portfolio Not Attended Attended Grand Total

Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Parliamentary Affairs 3 99 102 Law and Justice, Addl. Khan Climate Change 12 90 102 Inter-Provincial Mian Coordination 22 80 102 Kashmir Affairs and Muhammad Gilgit-Baltistan 25 77 102 Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan National Food Security 34 and Research 68 102 States and Frontier Regions 38 64 102 Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony 44 58 102

Rana Tanveer Hussain Defence Production 45 57 102

Khawaja Muhammad Asif i) Water & Power ii) Defence 56 46 102

Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi Industries and Production 58 44 102

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Petroleum and 62 40 Natural Resources 102 Interior and Narcotics Ch. Nisar Ali Khan 38 Control 63 102 Railways 66 36 102

Khurram Dastgir Khan Commerce 69 33 102

Akram Khan Durrani Housing and Works 70 32 102

Ahsan Iqbal Planning, Development and Reform 73 29 102 Overseas Pakistanis & Human Pir Saddaruddin Shah Resource Development 84 18 102 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 13

MINISTERS OF STATE

Name Portfolio Not Attended Attended Grand Total

Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage 19 83 102 Capital Administration and Dr. Tariq Fazal Ch. Development Division 25 77 102

Usman Ibrahim 32 70 102

Religious Affairs and Pir M. Amin Ul Hasnat Inter-faith Harmony 33 69 102

Abid Sher Ali Water and Power 35 67 102

Information Technology and Ahmad 39 63 102 Telecommunication I) Federal Education and Professional M. Baleegh-ur-Rehman Training (ii) Interior and Narcotics 43 59 102 Control Petroleum and 102 Natural Resources 44 58 National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination 53 49 102

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES

Name Portfolio Not Attended Attended Grand Total

Shaheen Shafiq States & Frontier Regions 7 95 102

Raja M. Javed Ikhlas Cabinet Secretariat 11 91 102

National Food Security Rajab Ali Khan Baloch 102 & Resources 16 86

Mian Najibuddin Awaisi Commerce 19 83 102

Finance, Revenue, Economic Rana M. Afzal Khan Affairs, Statistics & Privatization 22 80 102

Dr. M. Afzal Khan Dhandla 24 78 102 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 14

Name Portfolio Not Attended Attended Grand Total

Muhammad Tallal Ch. Science & Technology 24 78 102 Religious Affairs and Khalil George Inter-faith Harmony 25 77 102 Sardar Shafqat Hayat Khan Inter Provincial Coordination 26 76 102

Rao M. Ajmal Khan Industries & Production 26 76 102

Capital Administration and Maiza Hameed 102 Development Division 27 75

Syed Sajid Mehdi Housing & Works 31 71 102

Mian Imtiaz Ahmed Ports & Shipping 31 71 102

Syed Ashiq Hussain Railways 36 66 102

National Health Services, Dr. Darshan Regulations and Coordination 38 64 102

Syed Saqlain Bukhari Inter Provincial Coordination 39 63 102

Ch. Jaffar Iqbal Defence 40 62 102

Azhar Qayyum Nahra Water & Power 41 61 102 Kashmir Affairs & Ch. Hamid Hameed Gilgit Baltistan 43 59 102

Ibadullah Planning and Development 46 56 102

M/O Federal Education and Muhammad Nazir Khan Professional Training 51 51 102 Information, Broadcasting Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha & National Heritage 57 45 102

Sarzameen Textile Industry 64 38 102

Alam Dad Laleka Communications 85 17 102

Shazadi Umarzadi Tiwana 88 14 102 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 15 CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

REGIONAL REPRESENTATION 183 74 43 17 11 2 10 Balochistan FATA ICT Khyber Minority Punjab Sindh Pakhtunkhwa

GENDER REPRESENTATION TYPES OF SEATS 270 10 60 270 70 Elected Minority Resever Women

PARTY REPRESENTATION 189 47 33 23 PML-N I PPPP I PTI I MQM I 13 9 5 4 JUI-F I IND I PML-F I JI I 4 2 2 2 PkMAP I PML I ANP I NPP I 1 1 1 1 QWP-S I PML-Z I AMLP I AJIP I 1 1 1 APML I NP I BNP I * ------2 PARLIAMENTARY OUTPUT This section deals with the legislative business, resolutions, reports and documents presented before the House during the session.

Passed Bills Total Resolutions Reports 61 91 13 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 17

LEGISLATION

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. 50 20 70 Government Bills Total bill Passed Introduced Rejected Withdrawn Dropped 111 Private Bills Total bill 11 61 16 11 12

Among 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 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 18 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. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 19

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.

RESOLUTIONS

The House adopted 40 resolutions during the fourth parliamentary year. More than half of these (22) were not included in the agenda and were 12 moved as the supplementary business. A total of 69 Adopted resolutions were appeared on the Orders of the Deferred Total Dropped Day, including 64 Private Members' resolutions and 40 five government resolutions seeking extension in 39 Not Taken Up ordinances. Out of these, 18 resolutions were 91 Rejected passed, two were rejected and one was referred to Reffered to the committee for further deliberation. The Committee remaining 48 resolutions were left unaddressed 7 2 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. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 20

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. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 21

STATUTORY REPORTS

The 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.

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. 3

REPRESENTATION, RESPONSIVENESS AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT This 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 Adjournment Call Attention Motions Notices 1789 3 88 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 23

QUESTION HOUR A 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.

QUESTION HOURS STATISTICS

Starred Questions Orally Answered Questions Not Replied 1789 564 97

506 124 1194 Un-Starred Questions Questions Transferred Supplementary to Other Ministries Questions

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.

MINISTRY-WISE QUESTIONS

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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. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 24

BUDGET SESSIONS 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.

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.

Status of CANs Gender-wise Sponsorship of CANs

74

Total

Male Female Jointly 88 14 20 31 37 Taken Up Not Taken Up

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). ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 25

MOTIONS UNDER RULE 259

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 9 1 dropped due to the absence of relevant lawmakers and one motion was deferred, which was not taken Total 6 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 69 each by members of PPPP and MQM. The matters concerning terrorist attack in Quetta, performance 53 of Statistics Division with reference to the Census, Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC), the performance of Benazir Income Support Debated Deferred Dropped Not Taken Up Program (BISP), the performance of Aviation Division and the foreign and industrial policies of the government came under discussion.

MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

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.

ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS:

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. 4

ORDER AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION Order 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 Protests/Walkouts /Boycotts 653 53 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 27

PROTESTS, WALKOUTS AND BOYCOTTS

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.

POINTS OF ORDER

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. 115 103 55 62 80 POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed 186 367 318 146 333 (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) 33rd Session 34th Session 35th Session 36th Session 37th Session 34 54 98 33 19 POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed POs consumed 329 336 363 167 75 (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) (Minutes) 38th Session 39th Session 40th Session 41th Session 42nd Session ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 2016-17 National Assembly of Pakistan 28

QUORUM

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. ABOUT FAFEN

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