Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly approves three Demands for Grants - Press Release issued by Free and Fair Election Network.

Islamabad -- June 25, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

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The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) approved three Demands for Grants of different departments while all cut motions on them were rejected on Tuesday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during fifth sitting of the seventh session:

Members' Participation

The Assembly met for two hours and 44 minutes.

The sitting started at 1113 hours against the scheduled time of 1030 hours.

The Speaker presided over the sitting for an hour and 57 minutes while the Deputy Speaker chaired rest of the proceedings.

The Leader of the House did not attend the sitting.

The Leader of the Opposition attended the proceedings for one hour.

Fifty-five legislators (44%) were present at the outset and 74 (60%) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of MMAP, PML-N and ANP attended the proceedings.

All three minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

The House approved three Demand for Grants of different departments and rejected all cut motions on them with majority votes against them.

Order and Institutionalization

A lawmaker belonging to...