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Government, Parliament
Must Act Fast on
Creating an Independent
and Effective
Accountability
Organisation; Provinces
Should Follow Suit:
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Islamabad, March 14;
Prime Minister Syed
Yusuf Raza Gilani, in
his very first speech
in the National
Assembly on March 29,
2008, promised to
disband National
Accountability Bureau
(NAB) and create
instead an independent
Accountability
Commission as
envisaged in the
Charter of Democracy
signed by the PML-N
and the PPP leaders.
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unfulfilled promise is
one of the greatest
failing of the current
Government and to some
extent the Parliament
which has allowed the
Holders of Public
Offices
(Accountability) Bill
2009 to stay with the
National Assembly
Standing Committee on
Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs
for 11 months since
its introduction in
the National Assembly
on April 15, 2009.
While the law is far
from passed, the
existing
accountability
mechanism in the form
of the NAB is in
limbo. It appears to
suit the powerful that
the NAB stays as a
lame duck institution
while the high profile
accused persons,
including the failed
beneficiaries of the
NRO, breeze through
the Accountability
Courts...........
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Citizens Group on
Electoral Process Issues
Background Paper on the
State of Electoral Rolls
in Pakistan
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Electoral Rolls must
be Corrected and
Updated using the
NADRA Database
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CNIC and Voter
Registration must be a
One-Window Operation
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Progressive and
Constructive Attitude
of the current ECP
Leadership appreciated
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Need for Inquiry and
Detailed Report by the
ECP in Preparation of
Computerised Electoral
Rolls ahead of
February 2008 General
Election
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Islamabad, March 08;
The Citizens’ Group
on Electoral Process-CGEP,
a non-partisan Group
of eminent Pakistanis
facilitated by
PILDAT has
demanded that the
present Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC) of
Pakistan should
conduct an enquiry
into the making of
Computerised Electoral
Rolls 2007 for the
purpose of fixing
responsibility and
learning lessons for
the future..........
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PILDAT Legislative
Brief: The Competition
Ordinance 2007
PILDAT recommends
modifications to the
Competition Law before
it is passed by the
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Islamabad: The PILDAT
Legislative Brief on
the Competition
Ordinance recommends
that the Senate should
pass the law after
modifications to the
existing text relating
to the appointment of
the members and
chairperson of the
Competition
Commission, who should
be appointed following
consultation with the
Opposition in the
Parliament..........
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Women Parliamentarians
top the List of Movers
of Private Members’
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Islamabad, March 4; A
PILDAT analysis of
Private Members’ Bills
moved during the
second year (March 17,
2009 – March 16, 2010)
of the 13th National
Assembly of Pakistan
indicates that Women
Parliamentarians have
been the most active
legislators during the
year. Total 58 Private
Member’s Bills were
submitted during the
year out of which 48
were introduced in the
National Assembly for
consideration.26 of
these bills were moved
by single members
while the remaining 12
bills were jointly
moved or co-sponsored
by more than 1 member.
Out of the 26 single
member’s Bills, 22 or
85 % were introduced
by women
parliamentarians all
of whom were returned
on reserved seats for
women..........
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The Second Parliamentary
Year of the 13th
National Assembly of
Pakistan
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29 Laws passed by the 13th
National Assembly in
the Second Year
compared to 4 Laws in
the First Year
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The Acts to Ordinance
Ratio Improved in
Second Year: 29 Acts
Vs 27 Ordinances
compared to 4 Acts Vs
17 Ordinances in the
First Parliamentary
Year
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Prime Minister
maintains his
tradition of attending
the National Assembly
sittings more
regularly than any
Prime Minister in the
recent history of
Pakistan
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13th National Assembly met for
344 Hours and 27
Minutes during the
Second Parliamentary
year which is 24% more
time than the First
Parliamentary Year
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Parliament’s Role to
Resolve National
Conflicts and Crises
remains weak
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Senior MPs fail to set
Standards of active
Parliamentary
Participation for
Younger MPs
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Key Legislation such
as Holders of Public
Offices
(Accountability)
remains Pending
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Islamabad, March 01;
PILDAT, in its
preliminary report on
the completion of the
Second Parliamentary
Year of the current
(13th) National
Assembly of Pakistan,
has noted a
significant
improvement in
legislation but most
of the other
performance indicators
are in general
stagnant at the same
level as the first
Parliamentary year..........
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Bridging the gap between
Parliament and Civil
Society
PILDAT initiates
Directory and Database
to link Parliamentary
Committees and
Civil-Society
Organisations (CSOs)
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Islamabad, February
25: PILDAT has
undertaken the
initiative to prepare
a Directory and an
Electronic Database of
Civil-Society
Organisations (CSOs)
and Parliamentary
Committees as a
part of an effort to
bring Parliament and
the Civil Society
Organisations closer.
Linkages of Civil
Society Organisations
(CSOs) including the
professional bodies,
research and advocacy
organisations with the
Parliament and
Parliamentary
Committees are
essential to get an
independent view from
the society about the
issues under
consideration. This is
even more essential in
Pakistan as the
Parliament and
Parliamentary
Committees have
limited in-house
research capacity.
This linkage will also
help the Civil Society
Organisations to put
across their point of
views to the
Parliamentary
committees and thus
further the cause they
are working
for..........
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