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Pakistani parliament

Majlis-e-Shoora
پارلیمان پاکستان
مجلس شوریٰ پاکستان
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Type
Type
Houses Aiwan-e Bala (Upper)
Qaumi Assembly (Lower)
Leadership
Mamnoon Hussain
Since 9 September 2013
Sadiq Sanjrani
(Independent)
Since 12 March 2018
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq
(PML-N)
Since 5 November 2015
Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
(PML-N)
Since 12 March 2015
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
(PML-N)
Since 1 August 2017
Sherry Rehman
(PPP)
Since 12 March 2018
Structure
Seats 446 Parliamentarians
104 Senators
342 MNAs
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Aiwan-e Bala political groups
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Qaumi Assembly political groups

Government Coalition (199)

Opposition (131)

  •      PPP (46)
  •      PTI (34)
  •      MQM (24)
  •      JI (4)
  •      PMAP (3)
  •      ANP (2)
  •      PML-Q (2)
  •      AJIP (1)
  •      AML (1)
  •      APML (1)
  •      BNP (1)
  •      PML-Z (1)
  •      QWP (1)
  •      Ind (10)
Elections
Single Transferable Vote
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)
Aiwan-e Bala last election
5 March 2015
Qaumi Assembly last election
11 May 2013
Meeting place
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Parliament House Building
Islamabad, Pakistan
Website
www.na.gov.pk
www.senate.gov.pk

Government Coalition (199)

Opposition (131)

Majlis-e-Shoora, (Urdu: مجلس شوریٰ پاکستان‎ — Majlis ê Shura Pākistān); is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Aiwan-e Bala as upper house and the Qaumi Assembly, as lower houses. According to the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President of Pakistan is also a component of the Majlis-e-Shoora. The National Assembly (Qaumi Assembly) is elected for a five-year term on the basis of adult franchise and one-man one-vote. The tenure of a Member of the National Assembly is for the duration of the house, or sooner, in case the Member dies or resigns. The tenure of the National Assembly also comes to an end if dissolved on the advice of the Prime Minister or by the president in his discretion under the Constitution.

Majlis-e-Shoora meets at the Parliament House building in Islamabad, where debating chambers for both houses are present. Until 1960, the Parliament House was located in Karachi. Parliament House of Pakistan is the first and only parliament in the world that runs completely on self-generated solar power.

Qaumi Assembly (English: National Assembly of Pakistan) is the lower house of the parliament. The National Assembly has 342 seats, 272 of which are directly elected, 60 are reserved for women and a further 10 for religious minorities. The National Assembly of Pakistan is the country's sovereign legislative body. It embodies the will of the people to let themselves be governed under the democratic, multi-party Federal Parliamentary System. The National Assembly makes laws for the Federation in respect of the powers enumerated in the Federal Legislative list. Through its debates, adjournment motion, question hour and Standing Committees, the National Assembly keeps as check over the Executive and ensures that the government functions within the parameters set out in the Constitution and does not violate the fundamental rights of citizens. Only the National Assembly, through its Public Accounts Committee, scrutinizes public spending and exercises control of expenditure incurred by the government. The Members of the National Assembly are to be elected by direct and free vote in accordance with law.


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