Constitutional quota details

Pakistan

Pakistan

Answer
Yes
Comment

1) There shall be [three hundred and thirty-six] seats for members in the National Assembly, including seats reserved for women and non-Muslims. …

3) The seats in the National Assembly referred to in clause (1), except the seats mentioned in clause (4), shall be allocated to each Province and the Federal Capital as under:  

    Province/Region:

        Balochistan

            General Seats: 16

            Women Seats: 4

            Total Seats: 20

        Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

            General Seats: 45

            Women Seats: 10

            Total Seats: 55

        Punjab

            General Seats: 141

            Women Seats: 32

            Total Seats: 173

        Sindh

            General Seats: 61

            Women Seats: 14

            Total Seats: 75

        Federal Capital

            General Seats: 3

            Women Seats: 0

            Total Seats: 3

        Total:

            General Seats: 266

            Women Seats: 60

            Total Seats: 326 …

6) For the purpose of election to the National Assembly, - …

    (b) each Province shall be a single constituency for all seats reserved for women which are allocated to the respective Provinces under clause (3); …

    (d) members to the seats reserved for women which are allocated to a Province under clause (3) shall be elected in accordance with law through proportional representation system of political parties’ lists of candidates on the basis of total number of general seats secured by each political party from the Province concerned in the National Assembly:

Provided that for the purpose of this paragraph the total number of general seats won by a political party shall include the independent returned candidate or candidates who may duly join such political party within three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the returned candidates; and 

(Article 51)

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