Pakistan's National Assembly

National Assembly of Pakistan قومی اسمبلئ پاکستان
14th National Assembly of Pakistan
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan
Leadership
Speaker	Ayaz Sadiq (PML-N) Since 9 November 2015
Deputy Speaker	Javed Abbasi (PML-N) Since 3 June 2013
Leader of House	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (PML-N) Since 1 August 2017
Leader of Opposition	Khurshid Shah (PPP) Since 7 June 2013
Structure
Seats	342 (2 vacant)
Political groups	Government Coalition (208)      PML–N (188)      JUI–F (13)      PML–F (5)      NPP (2) Opposition (132)      PPP (47)      PTI (33)      MQM (24)      JI (4)      PkMAP (3)      ANP (2)      PML–Q (2)      AJIP (1)      AML (1)      APML (1)      BNP (1)      NP (1)      PML–Z (1)      QWP (1)      Ind (10)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed member majoritarian (First past the post for most seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 10 seats reserved for religious minorities by proportional representation)
Last election	11 May 2013
Meeting place
Parliament House, Islamabad
Website
www.na.gov.pk

Government Coalition (208)

Opposition (132)

The Pakistani National Assembly (Urdu: قومی اسمبلئ پاکستان‎— Qaumī Asimbli'e Pākistān); is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also comprises the President of Pakistan and Senate (upper house). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 172 seats to obtain and preserve a majority.

Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the constitution, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities are allocated to the political parties according to their proportional representation.

Each National Assembly is formed for a five-year term, commencing from the date of the first sitting, after which it is automatically dissolved. Currently the National Assembly can not be dissolved by the President of Pakistan, it is dissolved by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.