Imran attends fewer NA sittings than Sharif
PM’s average attendance in parliament during two and a half years stands at 10.6%
Prime Minister Imran Khan interacts with general public via telephone on February 1, 2020. PHOTO: PMO
ISLAMABAD:
Right after taking the oath of office in August 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised to empower parliament and to attend the National Assembly sittings at least twice a month to answer lawmakers’ questions.
However, a comparison of the data of the first two-and-a-half-years rule of PM Imran with his predecessor Nawaz Sharif shows that Imran attended fewer sittings than Sharif.
According to the Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen), between August 13, 2018 and February 4, 2021, the National Assembly held 28 sessions that comprised 198 sittings.
The four provinces have cumulatively received additional revenues amounting to Rs1.9 trillion in the past ten years under the 7th National Finance Commission award up by nearly 300% a huge sum that the Centre believes is not spent on the economic and social wellbeing of the people effectively.
Digitisation crucial to rebuilding economy
SCO official says cross-border e-commerce will boost competitiveness of economies
ISLAMABAD:
Although the Covid-19 outbreak has wreaked enormous damage on the global economy, it has also brought new opportunities, said Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary-General Vladimir Norov.
Speaking at plenary of the four-day 23rd Sustainable Development Conference titled “Sustainable Development in Times of Covid-19” on Monday, Norov said that the digital economy and cross-border e-commerce would play an increasingly important role in rebuilding the world economy after Covid-19 in terms of achieving economic growth, increasing competitiveness of economies and improving quality of lives, thus contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).