Overview of 37^th Session of National Assembly

The 15th National Assembly met for 7 hours and 20 minutes in 37th Session with an average time of 1 hour and 13 minutes per sitting. All 6 sittings started late on an average of 47 minutes per sitting.

The 37th session began on Thursday, October 14 and was called not only towards the end of the working week, but the House was called to meet at 3 pm, towards the end of normal working day. The first sitting, however, could only begin with a delay of 1 hour and 24 minutes and lasted only for 1 hour and 40 minutes before it was adjourned. The next sitting was held on Friday, October 15 at 11 am and started with a delay of 21 minutes. The sitting, however, was the shortest of the session and lasted only for 36 minutes before adjournment. No sitting was held over the Saturday and Sunday weekend. The next sitting held on Monday, October 18 was called at 4 pm, again towards the end of normal working day. The sitting, however, started with a delay of 40 minutes and lasted for only 42 minutes. No sitting was held on October 19 on account of Eid Milad-un-Nabi. The next sitting of the session was held on Wednesday, October 20 which was again called towards the end of normal working day at 4 pm and started with a delay of 1 hour and 28 minutes and lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes as the longest sitting of the session. On Thursday, October 21, the house was again called to meet at 4pm and the sitting started with a delay of 29 minutes and lasted for 1 hour and 9 minutes only. On Friday, October 22, the house was called to convene at 11 am but could only start after a delay of 21 minutes and was prorogued after a sitting of 1 hour and 16 minutes.