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Majlis-e-Shoora (Urdu: مجلس شوری) (Council of Advisors in Urdu, although referred to as "Parliament") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and In recent history the Pakistani political processes have taken place in the framework of a Federal republic, where the system of government has at times been Parliamentary The Constitution of Pakistan (آئین پاکستان is the supreme law of Pakistan. The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of The Government of Pakistan ( Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان uses a federal parliamentary system with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu وزیر اعظم Wazir-e- Azam meaning "Grand Minister", is the Head of Government Syed Makhdoom Yousaf Raza Gilani ( (born June 9, 1952) is a Pakistani politician who is currently the twenty-sixth Ministers of the Federal Government of Pakistan are sworn in by the President of Pakistan and constitutethe cabinet of Prime Minister The Senate of Pakistan is the Upper house of the Bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. The current Chairman ( presiding officer) of the Senate of Pakistan is Muhammad Mian Soomro The first Chairman of the Senate was Justice The National Assembly is the Lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. The Speaker's is the highest office of the National Assembly of Pakistan. These are the names of deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Pakistan The Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan is a body of judges empowered under Article 209 of the Constitution of Pakistan to hear cases of misconduct against judges The Supreme Court ( Urdu: عدالت عظمیٰ) is the apex court in Pakistan 's judicial hierarchy the final arbiter of legal and constitutional The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan consists of 8 Muslim judges including the Chief Justice The Chief Justice heads the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. Establishment Islamabad High Court located in Islamabad the capital of Pakistan was established under a presidential order on December 14, 2007. There are five High Courts of Pakistan, each of four based in the capital city of one of the four provinces. The District Courts of Pakistan are courts that operate at the district level they are controlled by the high courts. Political parties in Pakistan' lists political parties in Pakistan. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ( MMA) (متحدہ مجلس عمل ( United Council of Action) is a coalition between religious-political parties in Pakistan. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (متحدہ قومی موومنٹ ( Muttahida Qaumi Movement) generally known as MQM or simply Muttahida, is a linguistic The Pakistan Muslim League (N ( Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن) is a Political party in Pakistan. The Pakistan Muslim League (Q or officially Pakistan Muslim League (پاکستان مسلم لیگ ق is a centrist conservative Political party in Pakistan The Pakistan Peoples Party ( PPP) (پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی is Centre-left Political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( Urdu: پاکستان تحريک انصاف) ( Pakistan Movement for Justice) is a Political party in Political parties in Pakistan' lists political parties in Pakistan. Currently the internationally recognized territory of Pakistan is subdivided into four provinces and two territories A Governor in Pakistan is the appointed Head of Government of a Province. Government of Balochistan is based in the largest province of Pakistan in Quetta. The Government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP is in Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan The Government of Punjab, a provincial government in the federal structure of Pakistan, is based in Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province Government of Sindh is based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ( Sind) سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home History The land was acquired from the North-West Frontier Province and Punjab in 1960, for the purpose of establishing Pakistan's new capital The Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA) in Pakistan are areas outside the four provinces bordering Afghanistan, comprising a region The Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir, usually shortened to Azad Jammu and Kashmir ( AJK) or simply Azad Kashmir (literally "free The Northern Areas ( Urdu:,) is officially referred to by the government of Pakistan as the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA The 2001 Local Government Ordinance provides for devolution of government to district administrations ||} See also Local government in Pakistan The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces A Union Council or village council in Pakistan is an elected Local government body consisting of 21 councillors and headed by a Nazim (which is equivalent Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population (behind Indonesia and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Islamic Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A parliament is a Legislature, especially in those It is bicameral federal legislature of Pakistan that consists of the Senate (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house). In Government, bicameralism (bi + Latin la ''camera'' chamber is the practice of having two legislative or Parliamentary chambers Thus a bicameral A federation ( Latin: foedus, covenant is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central ("federal" A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The Senate of Pakistan is the Upper house of the Bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. The National Assembly is the Lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. A lower house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Upper house. According to Article 50 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Council consists also of the President of Pakistan. The Constitution of Pakistan (آئین پاکستان is the supreme law of Pakistan. The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The Constitution gives the President of Pakistan the authority to dissolve (and thereby trigger new elections for) the National Assembly but not the Senate, which is not subject to dissolution. The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of Government, a reserve power is a power that may be exercised by the Head of state without the
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National Assembly
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house. The National Assembly is the Lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. A lower house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Upper house. It consist of 342 members, 272 of whom are directly elected, 60 reserved for women and 10 for minorities. Pakistan is a very diverse society with various ethnic and religious minorities 13 women are directly elected Pakistani law requires that at least 20% of the members be women.
Senate
The Senate of Pakistan is upper house of parliament. The Senate of Pakistan is the Upper house of the Bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. It has a 100 members; as of 2008, 18 of these members are women, one greater than the required number. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common According to the constitution President can not dissolve Senate. The Constitution of Pakistan (آئین پاکستان is the supreme law of Pakistan.
Variant spellings
The Constitution, which is written in English, uses the spelling Majlis-e-Shoora. Majlis-i-Shoora, Majlis-e-Shura, and Majlis-i-Shura are also valid transliterations from the Urdu spelling. Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised
Parliament House Building
The Parliament of Pakistan - viz the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan - met on August 10, 1947 in the old Sindh Assembly Building at Karachi. (ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan. It is the world's second largest city proper behind Mumbai in terms of population which exceeds 10 million It was in this venue that the Objectives Resolution, which now serves as the grund norm of Pakistan, was passed. In 1956, the first Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was adopted in Karachi at the same Sindh Assembly building which also passed as the Parliament of Pakistan. Provincial Assembly of the Sindh is a Unicameral house of elected representatives of People of Sindh established under the Article 106 of the Constitution of
After the adoption of the Second Constitution of 1962, Parliament sessions were arranged both at Dhaka and a newly constructed building (Ayub Hall) at Rawalpindi. The Constitution of Pakistan (آئین پاکستان is the supreme law of Pakistan. Dhaka (also known as Dacca ( Bangla: ঢাকা ɖʱaka is the Capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ( Urdu: Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan 's capital city of Islamabad, in the province The Parliament was uni-cameral. At the first session of the Parliament at the Ayub Hall, the Martial Law, imposed in 1958, was revoked. Later, in October, 1966, the Parliament was shifted to Dhaka.
From 1972 onward, the State Bank auditorium in Islamabad functioned as the National Assembly of Pakistan. The State Bank of Pakistan ( SBP) ( Urdu: بینک دولت پاکستان) is the Central bank of Pakistan. |name = Islamabad|native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Capital City |total_type The Interim Constitution of Pakistan was adopted here in April, 1972. It was here that the first bi-cameral legislature of Pakistan was also born after the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was adopted in 1973. It was again here that the Martial Law, imposed in July, 1977, was revoked on December 30, 1985.
The Parliament - the Senate and the National Assembly - have acquired a permanent abode in the present Parliament House, which was inaugurated on May 28, 1986. The Senate of Pakistan is the Upper house of the Bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. The Hall was renovated on the orders of the Speaker and inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 3rd November, 1996. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu وزیر اعظم Wazir-e- Azam meaning "Grand Minister", is the Head of Government
See also
- Constitution of Pakistan
- Government of Pakistan
- Elections in Pakistan
- Politics of Pakistan
- Supreme Court of Pakistan
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The Constitution of Pakistan (آئین پاکستان is the supreme law of Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan ( Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان uses a federal parliamentary system with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected At the national level Pakistan elects a Bicameral Legislature, the Parliament of Pakistan, which consists of a directly-elected National In recent history the Pakistani political processes have taken place in the framework of a Federal republic, where the system of government has at times been Parliamentary The Supreme Court ( Urdu: عدالت عظمیٰ) is the apex court in Pakistan 's judicial hierarchy the final arbiter of legal and constitutionalDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic