NA’s 13th session records 25% attendance: Fafen

ISLAMABAD: As many as 77 (25 per cent) Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) attended all sittings, while 46 (15 per cent) did not attend any sitting during the 13th session of the National Assembly, which spanned six sittings between February 10 and 18, 2025, according to FAFEN’s analysis of the Attendance Report Card for the 13th session —February 10-18, 2025.

The attendance pattern fluctuated throughout the session, with female members consistently recording higher attendance than their male counterparts.

According to FAFEN’s analysis, the highest attendance was observed during the third sitting, with 205 members present, accounting for 65 per cent of the total membership. During this sitting, the House passed the resolution commemorating National Women’s Day of Pakistan, observed on February 12 each year.

Conversely, the lowest attendance was recorded during the fourth sitting, with 142 (45 per cent) members present. The sitting had to be adjourned after one hour and ten minutes due to a lack of quorum, as pointed out by a lawmaker from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

FAFEN’s analysis indicates that 154 MNAs skipped sittings without requesting advance leave.