Islamabad: The first parliamentary year of the 16th National Assembly, consisting of 144 days, has been completed. A total of 93 sittings were held during the 13 sessions of the National Assembly. The proceedings of the House continued for 247 hours and 23 minutes. 47 laws and 26 resolutions, including the 26th Amendment, were passed.
During this period, Nawaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz had the least attendance, attending only 5 days. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif attended 11 times, and the attendance ratio of Opposition Leader Omar Ayub was the highest. The government was busy with legislation and the opposition was protesting. Political issues dominated public issues.
Despite elections during the first parliamentary year, the National Assembly remained incomplete. The public interest was less evident in the legislation passed by the Parliament, while efforts to achieve political interests were more visible.
There was political chaos in the National Assembly, the opposition was protesting, the government set a record for legislation all night, during the approval of the constitutional amendment in the National Assembly, the minority was seen turning into a majority, the Practice and Procedure and the Election Act kept the political atmosphere heated with one law after another.
According to the document, 91 bills were presented in the National Assembly during the parliamentary year, 30 were introduced by the government while 61 laws were introduced in the house by the members of the assembly, while 47 of the bills presented by the government and private members in the National Assembly were legislated.
