ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan attended only one sitting of the National Assembly in the fourth parliamentary year, while he held the office of the prime minister, the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) said yesterday.

In its analysis of the National Assembly based on key performance indicators (KPIs) of the fourth year as well as performance comparison of the 15th NA with the 14th NA tenure, PILDAT said that overall, the former prime minister Imran attended only 34 or 11% sittings of the 15th National Assembly. The PILDAT report stated that Shehbaz Sharif, after taking oath as the Prime Minister on April 11, 2022, had attended 8 out of 43 or only 19% sittings of the National Assembly.

It revealed that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto remained the most vocal MNA followed by Shehbaz. Being the opposition leader in the NA till April 10, the analysis said, Shehbaz attended 43% (19 out of 43) sittings of the assembly in its fourth year, which was an improvement from his 13% attendance during the third year of the 15th National Assembly. MNA Raja Riaz Ahmad, who was declared as the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly on May 20, 2022, has attended 35% (13 out of 37) sittings of the National Assembly during the fourth year, it added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 23 2022

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