ISLAMABAD:  Most of the lawmakers from the lower house of the parliament seemed disinterested in being part of important lawmaking procedure or introducing their own legislation, which is their prime responsibility.
Nearly 200 MNAs, including parliamentary leaders of political parties, have never moved a single bill in the National Assembly during two-and-a- half years, which clearly reflects their level of interest in legislative business.
These 58 percent MNAs of total strength, mostly elected from the Punjab, took no interest in moving any bill. They did not even become part of a group of their party to move any bill for legislation, according to FAFEN’s data available to The Nation.
These MNAs, including parliamentary leaders, over half of the total strength of the house, from the day one of the current assembly till last sitting (28th session) never tabled a single bill. As many as 128 MNAs from the PML-N lawmakers took the lead by turning a blind eye to moving a single bill in the house, which is main part of their job.
The 32 MNAs of PPP also did not take interest in moving any bill in the house while nine PTI MNAs stood third, showing lack of interest in moving any bill, say the figures.
Most of the MNAs, mainly from back benches, seemingly did not participate in discussions on the bills as they only supported their parties.
The incumbent government, despite enjoying over two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, sometimes had to face difficulty to get bills passed because of thin presence. This government even could not maintain quorum pointed out by the opposition members of the house for six times in last two sessions.
The names of the MNAs who did not bother to move any bill included Aftab Shahban Mirani, Naseema, Sardar Mumtaz Khan, Musarat Rafique Mahesar, Shaheen Shafiq, Muhammad Tallal Ch, Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, Shahida Rehmani, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan, Abdul Qadar Khan Wadan, Dawar Khan Kundi, Waheed Alam Khan, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, Mian Muhammad Farooq, Sajid Nawaz, Shamas-un-Nisa, Mian Muhammad Rasheed, Syed Muhammad Ashiq Hussain, Muhammad Khan Daha, Rana Zahid Hussain Khan, Salim Rehman, Iftikhar Ud Din, Muhammad Akram Ansari, Ch. Asad Ur Rehman, Ch. Mahmood Bashir Virk, Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari, Shahnaz Saleem Malik, Ghulam Rasool Sahi, Muhammad Junaid Anwaar Ch, Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema, Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan, Raja Muhammad Javed Ikhlas, Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Shahjehan Munir Mangerio, Rajab Ali Khan Baloch, Shaikh Rohale Asghar,
Ch. Nazeer Ahmad, Tahir Iqbal Ch, Abdul Sattar Bachani, Mahreen Razaque Bhutto, Rana Muhammad Hayat Khan, Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Moeen Wattoo, Shakila Luqman, Malik Ibrar Ahmed, Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat, Syed Muhammad Athar Hussain Shah Gillani, Saeed Ahmad Khan Manais, Amra Khan, Gulzar Khan, Abdul Qadir Baloch, Arifa Khalid Parvez, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Dr. Tariq Fazal, Malik Itbar Khan, Amjid Ali Khan, Mian Shahid Hussain Khan, Ch. Muhammad Munir, Abdul Hakeem Balouch, Kiran Imran, Syed Sajid Mehdi, Sardar Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa, Syed Amir Ali Shah Jamote, Bilal Rehman, Sardar Muhammad Shafqat Hayat Khan, Ch. Abid Raza, Zahid Hamid Khan, Ch. Nadeem Abbas Rebera, Nazir Ahmed Bughio, Mussarat Ahmadzeb, Sheikh Muhammad Akram, Ch. Jaffar Iqbal, Zeb Jaffar, Surriya Jatoi, Dr. Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal, Shazadi Umarzadi Tiwana, Najaf Abbas Sial, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, Muhammad Barjees Tahir, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari, Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi, Ghalib Khan, Rana Umar Nazir Khan, Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar, Ch. Khadim Hussain, Aslam Bodla, Mian Najibuddin Awaisi, Mian Imtiaz Ahmed, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Nawab Ali Wassan, Sabiha Nazir, Shagufta Jumani, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, Mehar Ishtiaq Ahmad, Malik Muhammad Aamir Dogar, Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan, Ch. Khalid Javed Warraich, Ch. Armaghan Subhani, Mian Javed Latif, Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar, Sardar Ashiq Hussain Khan Gopang, Muhammad Ijaz-Ul-Haq, Jam Kamal Khan, Usman Khan Tarrakai, Akram Khan Durrani, Nasir Khan, Ghulam Muhammad Lali, Nasir Iqbal Bosal, Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar, Sheikh Fayyaz Ud Din, Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani, Dr. Shazia Sobia, Syed Ghazi Gulab Jamal, Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah, Muhammad Uzair Khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Nazir Sultan, Sahibzada Faiz Ul Hassan, Nauman Islam Shaikh, Mir Dostain Khan Domki, Ch. Muhammad Shahbaz, Syed Imran Ahmad Shah, Ch. Muhammad Ashraf, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Ghulam Bibi Bharwana, Dr. Hafeez Ur Rehman Khan, Sarzameen, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti, Ali Gohar Khan Mahar, Muhammad Riaz Malik, Waseem Akhtar Shaikh, Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani, Sohail Shoukat Butt, Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani, Dr. Asma Mamdot, Shazia Mubashar, Abdul Kareem, Muhammad Nazir Khan, Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Kanwar Naveed Jamil, Shah Jahan Baloch, Mujahid Ali, Babar Nawaz Khan, Ahsan Iqbal, Nawabzada Mazher Ali, Daniyal Aziz Ch, Malik Sultan Mehmood, Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi, Fazal-Ur-Rehman, Ihsan Ur Rahman Mazari, Shazia Ashfaq Mattu, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Alam Dad Laleka, Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah Jilani, Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi, Begum Majeeda Wyne, Tahmina Daultana, Ch. Bilal Ahmed Virk, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Khial Zaman, Malik Muhammad Afzal Khokhar, Chaudhry Riaz-ul-Haq, Rafique Ahmed Jamali, Syed Essa Nori, Pir Bux Junejo, Obaid Ullah Khan Shadi Khel, Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju, Ch. Tariq Bashir Cheema,Syed Javed Ali Shah, Ch. Iftikhar Nazir, Sardar Muhammad Jafar Khan Leghari, Makhdoom Syed Mustafa Mehmood, Makhdoomzada Syed Basit Ahmad Sultan Bokhari, Sardar Kamal Khan Chang, Tahir Bashir Cheema, Muhammad Ali Rashid, Ch. Parvez Elahi, Abdul Rahim Mandokhail, Rida Khan, Muhammad Zain Ellahi, Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan, Mir Munawar Ali Talpur, Ch. Muhammad Asim Nazir, Ghulam Rabani Khar, Malik Asad Sikandar, Roshan Din Junejo, Amir Haider Khan, Jahangir Khan Tareen, Faryal Talpur, Muhammad Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar, Dr. Fehmida Mirza and others.