A Member of Parliament or Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (abbreviated: MNA or MP) is a legislative constituency's representative in the

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in Pakistan.

Disqualification grounds

A person wouldn't be qualified to serve as a member of Pakistan's National Assembly if he/she; * Has an unsound mind. * Is

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. * Has ceased to be a citizen of Pakistan. * Is so disqualified by any law made by the Pakistani parliament. * Is so disqualified on the ground of

defection In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...

. * Has been

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, among other things, for promoting enmity between different groups. * Has been convicted for the offence of

bribery Bribery is the Offer and acceptance, offering, Gift, giving, Offer and acceptance, receiving, or Solicitation, soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With reg ...

. * Has been convicted for an offence and sentenced to imprisonment of more than two years. * Has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the state (in the case of a government servant).

Term

A member of the National Assembly of Pakistan has a five-year tenure beginning on the day of their appointment.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the members of the National Assembly of Pakistan are; *

Legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

: To make necessary legislation. *

Oversight Oversight may refer to: Governance *Regulation – rulemaking *Separation of powers in state governance (checks and balances) - the concept of separate branches of government or agencies exercising authority over one another *Checks and control ...

: to ensure that the executive performs its duties satisfactorily. *

Representation Representation may refer to: Law and politics *Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

: to speak for the opinions and desires of their constituents in the Pakistani Parliament. *

Power of the purse The power of the purse is the ability of one group to manipulate and control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds. The power of the purse can be used positively (e.g. awarding extra fund ...

: to approve and control the government's proposed budgetary income and expenditures.

Salary, allowances, and entitlements

Pakistan pays a lump sum including other allowances of Rs.188000 to the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan per month according to the 1974 Act. If the MNA has some extra designations, then the National Assembly pays extra allowances.

Number of constituencies

Here is a list of how many National Assembly seats there were in each election year starting in 1954.

References

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...