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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly stood dissolved on 18 January 2023 as Governor Haji Ghulam Ali signed and approved Chief Minister Mahmood Khan’s summary for the dissolution of the provincial legislature.

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The number of voters belonging to religious minorities in the country has climbed to 4.43 million from 3.63 million in 2018. 

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Prime Ministers in the history of Pakistan:

First prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan: assassinated on October 16, 1951

Seven prime ministers resigned

Five faced dismissals

Four prime ministers ousted (through military coups)

Two PMs (Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani) were disqualified due to their convictions by the Supreme Court.

Relinquished by: Shaukat Aziz, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 

Updated: 7th December 2022

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On 30 November 2022, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to hold local government (LG) elections in Punjab in the last week of April 2023.

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The Senate Secretariat notified approval of resignation of Pakistan People’s Party’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and declared his senate seat as vacant 10 November 2022.

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About By-elections held on 16 October 2022

 Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) won National Assembly seats from Mardan, Charsadda, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib & Korangi district of Karachi.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won two National Assembly from Karachi and Multan. 

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About By-elections held on 16 October 2022

 Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) won National Assembly seats from Mardan, Charsadda, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib & Korangi district of Karachi.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won two National Assembly from Karachi and Multan. 

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About By-elections held on 16 October 2022

 Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) won National Assembly seats from Mardan, Charsadda, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib & Korangi district of Karachi.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won two National Assembly from Karachi and Multan. 

Explanation

As per Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), local government elections in the federal capital under which around one million voters will elect their representatives on December 24, 2022.

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Senate elections take place in accordance with Article 59 of the Constitution.

Each of the four provincial assemblies shall elect in the next Senate election 23 members from their respective provinces that include 14 on general seats,

four on seats reserved for technocrats including Ulema, 04 on seats reserved for women and one on seat reserved for non-Muslims.