Overview of 320th Session of the Senate

Overview of 320th Session of the Senate

 

 

320th session of the Senate began on August 17 and was prorogued on August 19 after holding 3 sittings. In this 3 days session, only 3 sittings were held on August 17, August 18 and August 19. The schedule of the sittings during the session is given in Appendix A.

This 320th Session of the Senate spanned over a total of 7 hours and 16 minutes with an average time of 2 hours and 25 minutes per sitting. The longest sitting of the session was held on Wednesday, August 17 when the House was adjourned due to lack of quorum after meeting 3 hours and 55 minutes, even though 64 (64%) Senators were recorded as present. The shortest sitting was held on Friday, August 19 when 92.86% agenda items were left over and the House was prorogued after meeting for only 23 minutes. Only 1 agenda item, i.e. Recitation of the Holy Quran, was taken up on the day.

The average delay in starting a sitting was 17 minutes during the session.

 

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