68.14% Agenda Items Left Over in 40th Session of 15th National Assembly
Overview of 40th Session of National Assembly
- 4 out of 9 sittings adjourned due to lack of quorum though on average 224 or 65.80 MNAs marked attendance in the session
- Prime Minister attended only one out of 9 sittings; Leader of the Opposition attended 4 sittings
- In 9 sittings held during 40th session, National Assembly met for a total of 23 hours and 38 minutes with an average time of 2 hour and 37 minutes per sitting; Longest sitting lasted 6 hours and 40 minutes and shortest sitting lasted only 16 minutes
- All 9 sittings started with average delay of 38 minutes per sitting
- 4 Ordinances were laid and 4 Ordinances were extended during 40th session
- Sixteen (16) Bills were passed in a single sitting including highly contentious the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2022 amidst protest by the Opposition