The writer is president of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency.
THERE has been frequent and sometimes harsh criticism of the PTI-led federal government for its performance and quality of governance since the beginning of its tenure. There will, in all likelihood, be many more critical commentaries as the federal government completes three years next month but there has been relatively much less analysis on how the opposition has performed during this period.
Obviously, the performance of parties out of power cannot be as important or interesting to people as are the failings and achievements of the ruling party, because it is the decisions and policies adopted by the latter which affect daily life. But in a functioning parliamentary democracy, the opposition is considered the government-in-waiting and its performance, especially the ability to undertake effective oversight of the executive, also has a deep impact on the quality of democracy and gover
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ISLAMABAD: It was simply an easy walkover for the government in the National Assembly on Tuesday because as many as 25 of 32 members from the opposition benches remained absent from the voting process. During the course of proceedings, it was witnessed that the government did not face any resistance from the united opposition political parties which did not challenge any move from the government on the current budget affairs. Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif did not attend the session. Khawaja Saad Rafique, Usman Ibrahim, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Nawab Talpur and many others also did not show up.