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Senate Of Pakistan
The Senate of Pakistan, Constitution of Pakistan, constitutionally the House of the Federation, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. As of 2023, It has a maximum membership of 96, of which 92 are elected by the Member of the Provincial Assembly#Provincial Assemblies in Pakistan, provincial legislatures using single transferable vote; four represent the Islamabad Capital Territory, federal capital. Members sit for terms lasting six years, with half of the house up for election every three years. Unlike the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly, the Senate is a continuing chamber and hence not subject to dissolution. First convened in 1973, the Senate's composition and powers are established by thArticle 59of the Constitution of Pakistan. Each of the four Administrative units of Pakistan, provinces is represented by 23 senators regardless of population, while the Islamabad Capital Territory is represented by four senators, all of whom serve staggere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Senators Of Pakistan
The Senate of Pakistan consists of a total of 96 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. In 2018, the number of seats were reduced from 104 to 96 following the merging of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ... through 25th amendment. Current party position in Senate The current party position in Senate is as follows: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami National Party
The Awami National Party (ANP; , ; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, great-grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism. ANP was the largest Pashtun nationalist party in Pakistan between 2008−2013 with influence lying in the Pashtun dominated areas in and around Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They governed the province from 2008 to 2013 but lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the assembly election of 2013. History Abdul Wali Khan's political career had been built on the tradition of intense Pashtun nationalism inherited from his father, Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital. The Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; the city comprises administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for its parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, including the country's flagship Faisal Mosque, which is the world's sixth-largest mosq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Zone (Islamabad)
The Red Zone is a governmental zone in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, which houses the highest executive, judicial and legislative authority buildings of the country. It is also where the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan reside. It also houses diplomatic embassies and federal buildings with the highest authority. Here are a number of important buildings in Red Zone: * Parliament of Pakistan * Pakistan Secretariat * Aiwan-e-Sadr * Prime Minister's Secretariat * Supreme Court of Pakistan * National Library of Pakistan * Election Commission of Pakistan The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is an independent, autonomous, permanent and constitutionally established federal body responsible for organizing and conducting elections to the national parliament, provincial legislatures, local g ... * Federal Ministries and Departments The Red Zone also covers Constitution Avenue, Third Avenue, and Fourth Avenue. See also * Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad Note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Pakistan
The Parliament of Pakistan is the supreme Legislature, legislative body of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is a bicameralism, bicameral federation, federal legislature, composed of the President of Pakistan and two houses: the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The president, as head of the legislature, has the power to summon or prorogue either house of the Parliament. The president can dissolve the National Assembly only on the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister's advice. The parliament's both houses convene at the Parliament House, Islamabad, Parliament House within the governmental Red Zone (Islamabad), Red Zone of Islamabad, the federal capital. Both houses of the parliament have their own separate chambers; and in case of a joint session, the National Assembly chamber is used. About 80 percent of the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, members of the National Assembly (MNAs) are Direct election, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Pakistani Senate Election
Elections for the Senate of Pakistan were held on 2 April 2024. Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed by the ECP. 52 out of 100 incumbent Senators including 4 Federally Administered Tribal Areas, FATA senators retired after completing their 6 year terms. After the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the remaining 4 out of 8 seats were also abolished. 48 seats from four Provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory, Federal Capital were up for election, including the seats for which the election was postponed. Background The previous Senate elections on these seats were held on 3 March 2018. As a result of these elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the largest party in the Senate as it won the most seats, securing 18 of the 48 senate seats up for election; of which 10 came from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 5 from Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, 2 from Sindh, and one from Islamabad. The Pakistan People's Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Transferable Vote
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternative preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated or elected with surplus votes, so that their vote is used to elect someone they prefer over others in the running. STV aims to approach proportional representation based on votes cast in the district where it is used, so that each vote is worth about the same as another. STV is a family of multi-winner proportional representation electoral systems. The proportionality of its results and the proportion of votes actually used to elect someone are equivalent to those produced by proportional representation election systems based on lists. STV systems can be thought of as a variation on the largest remainders method that uses candidate-based so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indirect Election
An indirect election or ''hierarchical voting,'' is an election in which voters do not choose directly among candidates or parties for an office ( direct voting system), but elect people who in turn choose candidates or parties. It is one of the oldest forms of elections and is used by many countries for heads of state (such as presidents), cabinets, heads of government (such as prime ministers), and/or upper houses. It is also used for some supranational legislatures. Positions that are indirectly elected may be chosen by a permanent body (such as a parliament) or by a special body convened solely for that purpose (such as an electoral college). In nearly all cases the body that controls the federal executive branch (such as a cabinet) is elected indirectly. This includes the cabinets of most parliamentary systems; members of the public elect the parliamentarians, who then elect the cabinet. Upper houses, especially in federal republics, are often indirectly elected, either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
The Balochistan National Party or Balochistan National Party (Mengal) (Urdu: بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی ; ) is a political party in Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan, Pakistan. BNP believes in more provincial rights and greater autonomy for Baluchistan province through peaceful and democratic struggle. History In 1972, the National Awami Party or NAP formed the first elected government in Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan after winning the elections and Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Ataullah Mengal was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Balochistan. Nine months after the formation of the NAP Government, it was overthrown by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who used Akbar Bugti's allegation that Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Ataullah Mengal's regime wanted to disintegrate Pakistan and liberate Balochistan as grounds for this dismissal. Mengal, Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, Mir Gul Khan Nasir, Gul Khan Nasir, Khair Bakhsh Marri and the other NAP leaders were thrown in jail. They were released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM; , ) is a Pakistani Shia Islam, Shi'a Islamic political organization. Its headquarters are in Islamabad. MWM Pakistan works to establish an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly emphasising Shia Islam, Shi'a-Sunni Islam, Sunni unity. Party profile Party objective, agenda and manifesto The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen is a Shia Islam, Shiite Muslim political and religious party of Pakistan whose main objective is to make a practical effort for the revival of Islam and the integrity and stability of Pakistan's nation, Party's main perspective is to speak against the oppression of Pakistan's Shia community, establish goodwill with the Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim community, raise political and religious awareness among Muslims and to revive the teachings of the Quran in the society espousing Islamic socialism, MWM agenda envisions a religious Islamic republic that advocates individuals' welfare particularly emphasising Muslim unity through comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunni Ittehad Council
The Sunni Ittehad Council (''Ittehad'' in Urdu for "unity", from ''al-Ittihad'' in Arabic meaning "united" or "jointly") is a political alliance of Islamic political and Barelvi religious parties in Pakistan which represents followers of the school of Sunni Islam. SIC was formed in 2009 in it's head office 3 Malik road Faisalabad and the current member parties of the Sunni Ittehad Council include the Aalmi Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat of Pir Afzal Qadri (of Gujrat) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was founded by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi. Later, it broke into many factions. One of the breakaway 'F' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was established by Muhammad Fazal Karim and Haji Hanif Tayyab. Now, this faction is working under the leadership of Sahibzada Hamid Raza. Another breakaway 'M' faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan was working under Sayyid Mahfooz Shah Sahib Mashahdi (Peer of Bhikhi Sharif, Mandi Bahaudin). It also became part of Sunni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result of a factional split in 1988, F standing for the name of its leader, Fazal-ur-Rehman. It has been called "the biggest religio-political party" in Pakistan, with the largest "proven street power." At the time of its inception it was based in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which are mostly inhabited by Pashtuns, but over the years it has cemented its electoral base into Balouchistan, and into Sindh. The JUI (F) is the largest splinter group of the original JUI, which split into two factions in 1980 over the policy of Pakistani president Zia-ul-Haq of supporting Mujahideen outfits in the Afghanistan war. The other faction, the much smaller JUI-S, led by Samiul Haq, is of regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two other small s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
