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For instance, 60 seats for women are reserved in the National Assembly under Article 51 [4] and 17 seats are reserved in the Senate of Pakistan under Article 59. [5] While, 168 seats for the provincial assemblies i.e. Balochistan (11), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (26), Punjab (66) and Sindh (29) under Article 106 of the Constitution. [ 6 ]
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured 82 and 53 seats, respectively. [3] Following the election, nine independent candidates joined PTI. [ 4 ] Members of the 15th National Assembly took an oath on 13 August 2018, and marked the constitutional transition of power from one democratically-elected government to ...
In the 2024 Pakistani general election, she secured a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [1] [2] On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly. [3]
Pakistani women were granted the suffrage in 1947, [24] and they were reaffirmed the right to vote in national elections in 1956 under the interim Constitution. [25] The provision of reservation of seats for women in the Parliament existed throughout the constitutional history of Pakistan from 1956 to 1973.
Pakistan's constitution reserves 60 seats for women and 10 for minorities, doling them out to political parties in proportion to the number of seats they win in elections.
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on a seat reserved for women from Sindh in the 2002 Pakistani general election. [1] [2] She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from Sindh in the 2008 Pakistani general election. [3] [4]
The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of 342 members, who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members; 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities are allocated to the political parties according to their proportion of the total vote.
In the 2024 Pakistani general election, she secured a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [1] [2] On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly. [3]