ISLAMABAD: Only 60 (19.23pc) of the total 312 members of the National Assembly attended all sittings of the first annual budget session of the house.

According to a report released by Free and Fair Elections Network (Fafen), these included 42 male and 18 female lawmakers.

Leader of the opposition in the House Omar Ayub Khan was amongst those who attended 100 per cent sittings while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended seven (54pc) of the 13 sittings.

The speaker and deputy speaker attended 76 and 92 per cent sittings, respectively.

Citing the official attendance records, the report says the average attendance per sitting was 231 (68pc of the total membership) during the session.

Leader of opposition Omar Ayub Khan attended 100pc, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif 54pc of 13 sittings

Five lawmakers including three belonging to PML-N and one each to BNP and PML did not attend any of the sittings during the session.

On an average, each member attended 10 sittings. Male lawmakers attended an average of nine sittings while females 11 sittings.

Similarly, the ministers’ average attendance was slightly lower than the private members’ attendance.

On an average, each minister, who is member of the National Assembly, attended eight sittings whereas each private member attended 10 sittings.

The maximum attendance was 287 (85pc) recorded during the last sitting of the session when the Finance Bill 2024 was passed.

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