registered a score of 44 percent, Sindh Assembly scored 43 percent and Balochistan Assembly the lowest at 38 percent.
With regards to the total number of actual sittings of the provincial assemblies for the second year, the KP Assembly took the lead with 133 sittings, followed by Sindh at 63 sittings, and Punjab at 62 sittings. The Balochistan Assembly had the weakest performance under this parameter with a total of 47 actual sittings.
On the other hand, the Balochistan Assembly fared best of all the provincial assemblies for the parameter of average peak attendance, which stood at 32.73 per sitting (50% of the total membership). Sindh Assembly stood second with an average peak attendance of 74.36 per sitting (45 percent of the total membership). The performance of the Punjab Assembly was weakest for this parameter at an average of 84.12 peak attendance (23 percent of the total membership).
The Punjab Assembly has made the most welcome move by making the attendance record of its members available on its official website thus fulfilling the provisions of the Right to Information Act passed by the Assembly in 2013. The provincial assemblies of KP and Sindh have received equal scores of 45 percent in transparency and accessibility. The Punjab Assembly has received a marginally lower score of 44 percent while the Balochistan Assembly has received the lowest score in this parameter at 41 percent. For the second year, Punjab MPAs submitted the greatest number of questions at 2,554, 45 percent of which were able to garner a response. The Sindh MPAs submitted 1,558 questions, of which 36 percent were responded by the government. The high number of questions from both these assemblies reflects the engagement of the members in debating subjects of public concern. In comparison, the Balochistan Assembly received only 57 questions, of which 95 percent were answered. Meanwhile, only the government of KP responded to 23 percent of the total 826 questions asked by MPAs.
Much like the National Assembly, the provincial Assemblies also go through merely the motions of passage of the budget like previous years without any required reform to allow for MPAs to scrutinise and debate the budget thoroughly before its passage. During the budget sessions, the Punjab Assembly spent a total of 10 working days with an average of 3.13 hours per sitting. Though the Sindh Assembly met for only eight days, it spent approximately 3.24 hours per sitting. The Balochistan Assembly spent eight days discussing the budget for only 2.25 hours per sitting. The KP Assembly spent only two working hours per sitting over the course of nine days.