Islamabad:
Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar has become the most influential and effective member of the federal cabinet in Parliament during 2024-2025 in terms of his presence in both chambers: the Senate and the National Assembly, and the amount of time he spoke during the parliamentary sessions.
Pildat launched on Monday a performance evaluation of federal ministers in the first year of the 16th National Assembly that comes to an end on February 28, 2025.
To evaluate the performance of the Cabinet members in Parliament, Pildat observed the two houses of Parliament: 16th National Assembly that became functional on February 29, 2024 and the Pakistan Senate, which met again after the election of Half of his membership on April 9. , 2024.
According to its report, despite the diversity of opinion on the convenience and quality of several laws, Tarar can be accredited with the approval of the majority of the 38 government bill during the first year, which is believed to be The record number of bills approved by any last National Assembly during its first year.
It was discovered that his presence in both cameras was the highest by significant margins, since he attended 89 (57%) of a combined total of 157 sessions in the two houses and spoke for more than 17 hours in both houses during the first Year of El Parliament.
After him, although at a distance, it is Khawaja Asif, who has defense, defense and aviation portfolios. He attended 69 (44%) Parliament sessions and spoke for more than 5.5 hours and secured the second position in both assistance and speech time in Parliament.
Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs, occupies the third place with 67 (43%) attended by the sessions. However, he spoke only for 31 minutes during the first parliamentary year, placing it in 17th place under this parameter.
The Federal Minister of Industries, Rana Tanveer Hussain, the Federal Minister of Housing Riaz Hussain Pirzada and the Minister of Finance State Ali Pervaiz are tied in fourth place in the assistance ranking, with 66 (42%) assisted sessions.
Each one spoke for 1 hour 44 minutes, 1 hour 1 minute and 1 hour 31 minutes respectively.
In terms of speech time, Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar occupied third place. He spoke for almost 4.5 hours, but attended 63 (40%) sessions, reaching the fifth assistance ranking.
Following it in the time of speaking time is the Minister of Finance, Senator Muhammad Aurengzeb, who spoke for almost 4 hours, but attended only 35 (22%) sessions.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in the last second in both indicators: attending only 10 (6%) sessions and speaking only for 12 minutes throughout the year.
According to Pildat, Naqvi’s parliamentary record “is a testimony of the reduced value of Parliament.”
