Sindh Assembly passed 20 bills in last session

Karachi
The Sindh Assembly’s 19th session that started on April 6 and ended on May 21 passed a total of 20 bills. 18 resolutions were also adopted by the MPAs.
This was observed in a report of the Sindh Assembly proceedings conducted by the Pakistan Press Foundation, a member of the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).
This was stated in the 20 bills appearing on the agenda, 19 were sponsored by the government; four other bills were introduced in addition to three ordinances that were presented during the session.
Another four bills, including three sponsored by private members, were not taken up while three other government bills were deferred during the session. Out of 18 resolutions, 12 appeared on the supplementary agenda. On the other hand, eight resolutions on the regular agenda were not taken up.
One of the resolutions that condemned the attack on the Ismaili community in Karachi was debated by 29 lawmakers for four hours.
A considerable part of the session was consumed by the pre-budget debate and a report on budget expenditure during the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year.
As many as 59 lawmakers shared their views during these debates in the session time. On an average each sitting started 74 minutes behind the schedule and lasted three hours and 16 minutes.
The session witnessed thin attendance of lawmakers with less than half of the members present in each sitting.
Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah attended only eight of the proceedings
in five sittings while the opposition leader attended 40 proceedings in 13 sittings.
Among parliamentary leaders, the Pakistan People’s Party leader attended all the sittings followed by the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-N and Muttahida Qaumi Movement 17, Tehreek-e-Insaf 16 and Muslim league-F 15.
Nearly, 78 sittings of the session were chaired by the Speaker himself followed by 13 by the deputy speaker and nine by members of the panel of chairpersons. No breaks were held during the entire session.
The House also took up 57 out of 86 starred questions appearing on the agenda while the member raised another 276 supplementary questions on the floor of the House to seek further clarity on the starred questions.
Although 20 private motions appeared on the list of business none of them were debated by the house. Fifteen motions were submitted by the MQM followed by PPP and PTI two each and PML-F one.
The PA also took up eight adjournment motions, of which seven were related to governance and one on law and order.
The lawmakers debated another adjournment motion on water shortage in Karachi while three other motions on lack of basic facilities in Sanghar, unpaid salaries of police constables and mistakes in the question paper of Class V exams in Hyderabad were not taken up during the session.
The 19th session witnessed five walkouts and 15 protests over multiple issues. Most of the walkouts and protests were carried out against the chair for not allowing them to speak or to raise issues while other demonstrations were held against the provincial ministers for their remarks against the opposition parties.