Lahore · Pakistan
An interactive bilingual handbook on Punjab Assembly committees — scrutiny, oversight, accountability, workflow, reports and effective practice.
Assembly committees are the specialised working arms of the legislature. They examine legislation in detail, oversee provincial departments, review public expenditure, examine audit findings, investigate matters of public importance, follow ministerial assurances, protect parliamentary privileges, review delegated legislation, support ethics and institutional discipline, and submit findings and recommendations to the Assembly.
Committees assist the Assembly but do not replace it. Final authority to accept, reject or modify a committee recommendation remains with the House.
An Assembly committee is a small group of members constituted under the Rules of Procedure to examine a defined subject and report to the House. It normally acts only within the mandate assigned by the Constitution, the Rules of Procedure, the Assembly, the Speaker, and the terms under which the committee was constituted.
A committee does not have powers beyond those provided by the Constitution, law, Rules, Speaker or House.
Figures as recorded in the uploaded handbook for the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.