Daily Times

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly witnessed 50 incidents of protests and walkouts by opposition parties during its third parliamentary year while 28 bills were passed and 36 resolutions submitted, FAFEN report said on Tuesday.

According to reports, the lawmakers belonging to MQM were involved in highest number of protests about 13 along with five walkouts in provincial assembly while two protests each were demonstrated by PML-F and PPP legislators.

The PTI lawmakers also staged one walkout separately for 15 minutes while MPs belonging to PML-N and PPP remained apart from staging any protest or walkout individually.

It is stated that chief minister and the leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly demonstrated low attendance as well as low interest in parliamentary business shown by the key members and their attendance remained low, which averaged around 50%. An average of 36 MPAs (21%) were seen to be present at the beginning of the sitting while 57 (34%) were seen at the time of adjournment.

Sindh Assembly passed 28 government and two private members’ Bills while a private member’s Bill was rejected. The approved legislation focused on areas of education, finance, judiciary, local government, labour welfare and governance.

During third parliamentary year, 67 resolutions appeared on the orders of the day; 36 of these were adopted by the House, 28 were not taken up, two were deferred and one was referred to the relevant committee.

The Sindh Assembly speaker was notified of the missing quorum less than 42 members on three occasions.