Provincial Assembly of the Sindh

Provincial Assembly of Sindh صوبائی اسمبلی سندھ
12th Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Agha Siraj Khan Durani, PPP Since 30 May 2013
Deputy Speaker	Syeda Shehla Raza, PPP Since 30 May 2013
Leader of House/Chief Minister	Murad Ali Shah, PPP Since 27-july-2016
Leader of Opposition	Khawaja Izharul Hassan, MQM
Structure
Seats	168 (1 vacant)
Political groups	Government (95)          PPP (95) Opposition (72)          MQM (50)      PML(F) (9)      PML(N) (7)      PTI (4)      NPP (1)      Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	130 members are elected by Direct Election; 29 seats reserved for women and 9 seats reserved for religious minorities.
Last election	11 May 2013
Meeting place
Sindh Assembly Building, Karachi
Website
www.pas.gov.pk

Government (95)

Opposition (72)

Provincial Assembly of Sindh - Sindhi صوباۂي اسيمبلي سنڌھ, (Urdu: صوبائی اسمبلی سندھ‎) is a unicameral house of elected representatives of people of Sindh established under Article 106 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Under this article, the total number of seats for the Assembly through direct vote is 168, of which 29 seats are reserved for women and 9 seats for non-Muslims.

A large part of Sindh was captured by the British commander General Sir Charles Napier status as a State and became a Commissionerate of British India's Bombay Presidency, being controlled by a Commissioner.

In 1890, after the Minto reforms, Sindh gained representation for the first time in the Bombay Legislative Assembly, with four members representing it. From that time, a movement to separate Sindh from the Bombay Presidency was established, and in 1935, after a long struggle, a new chapter in the history of Sindh opened. Under Section 40(3) of Government of India Act 1935, Sindh was separated from the Bombay presidency with effect from 1 April 1936. With the introduction by the same Act of Provincial Autonomy, the newly created Province of Sindh secured a Legislative Assembly of its own, consisting of sixty members, who were elected on the basis of communal representation and weight age to the minority community.

Sir Lancelot Graham was appointed as the first Governor of Sindh by the British Government on 1 April 1936. Until 1937, he was also the head of an Executive Council of 25 members, which administered the affairs of Sindh and included two advisers from the Council of Bombay.