Share:ISLAMABAD - As the third parliamentary year has completed, the provincial assemblies record shows decline in legislative business, working hours and attendance of chief ministers compared to the second parliamentary year. Provincial Assembly of KP ranks third in Provincial Assemblies in terms of holding 55 sittings in third parliamentary year. The average working hours per sitting worked out to be 1.42 in Punjab Assembly, 2.13 in Sindh Assembly, 2.4 in KP Assembly and 2.32 in Balochistan Assembly. It was noticed that Provincial Assembly of KP ranks on the top if compared with other provincial assemblies in terms of 147.02 working hours during the third year. In terms of average bills passed by each Provincial Assembly in three years of the current term compared to the 3 years average of previous terms of each Provincial Assembly, only the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recorded improvement in legislative activity of average 122 bills compared to 83 bills in previous tenure.

Source: The Nation September 01, 2021 02:26 UTC