Punjab Assembly Condemns Israel's Atrocities in Palestine - Press Release issued by Free and Fair Election Network.

Islamabad -- May 18, 2021 (PPI-OT)

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

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The Punjab Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning Israeli atrocities against the people of Palestine, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the first sitting of the 32nd session:

Members' Participation

The House met for two hours and 28 minutes.

The sitting started at 03:56 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker chaired the sitting for an hour and 57 minutes while the rest of the sitting was presided over by a member of panel of chairpersons.

The deputy speaker was absent.

The leader of the House (chief minister) and the opposition leader did not attend the sitting.

As many as 51 MPAs (14 percent) were present at the outset and 37 (ten percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP and Pakistan Rah-e-Haq (PRH) attended the sitting.

Two out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

The House passed the Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran (Amendment) Bill 2021. As many as three lawmakers - two of PML-N and one of PML - spoke on it for 11 minutes.

Tabled by Minister for Law, the House adopted a supplementary resolution condemning Israeli atrocities against the people of Palestine. Six lawmakers - PML-N (three) and one each of PPPP, PRH, and PTI - spoke on it for 51 minutes.

The House did not take up another five resolutions appearing on agenda.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House took up three out of 29 starred questions related to Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department. In...