Senate of Pakistan | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Leader of the House
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Leader of the Opposition
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Seats | 104 |
Meeting place | |
Parliament of Pakistan | |
Website | |
www.senate.gov.pk |
The Senate of Pakistan consist of total 104 members. The 1970 assembly framed the 1973 Constitution which was passed on 12 April and promulgated on 14 August 1973. The 1973 Constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government with a bicameral legislature, composed of the National Assembly and the Senate. The membership of the Senate, which was originally 45, was raised to 63 in 1977 and to 87 in 1985. The government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf raised the membership of the Senate from 87 to 100 in 2002.
Punjab
After the March, 2012 Senate elections, the party position in Senate was as follows:
Seats in the Senate of Pakistan
Standing Committee on Industries and Production Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production Functional Committee on Government Assurances
Standing Committee on Local Government and Rural Development Standing Committee on Planning and Development Standing Committee on Population Welfare Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production (Chairman Committee)
Standing Committee on Communications Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges Standing Committee on Food and Agriculture
Standing Committee on Industries and Production (Chairman Committee) Standing Committee on Privatization Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Planning and Development Finance Committee
Standing Committee on Postal Services Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas
Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs Standing Committee on Science and Technology Standing Committee on Sports