Explanation

About Senate of Pakistan

Senate: Upper House of Pakistan

Senate in Urdu: ایوان بالا

Formation: 1973

Original members: 45

Raised to 63: 1977

Raised 87: 2 March, 1985

Raised to 100: 2002

First Hindu Woman Senator: Kirshna Kumari

Half of the Senate members retire after: 3 years

Members term: 6 years

Head of Senate is called: Chairman

National Assembly & Senate: Makes up the Parliament of Pakistan

Seats for each province: 23

Baluchistan Women Seats: 4

Sindh Women Seats: 4

KPK Women Seats: 4

Punjab Women Seats: 4

ICT Women Seat: 1

Total Women Seats: 17

Senate elections: after 3 years

First woman deputy chairperson: Dr Noor Jahan Panezai

Youngest chairman senate: Sadiq Sanjrani

First chairman Senate: Habib Ullah Khan

Explanation

the Prime Minister and cabinet members are chosen from parliament. 

Prime Minister cannot appoint more than 5 advisers

According to 18th amendment (Article 92(1).) Total strength of the cabinet does not exceed 11% of the total parliament members (Including Senate & National Assembly)

 AGM 24-12-2022

Explanation

Prime Minister cannot appoint more than 5 advisers

According to 18th amendment (Article 92(1).) Total strength of the cabinet does not exceed 11% of the total parliament members (Including Senate & National Assembly)

Explanation

• The Prime minister is the leader of the cabinet
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• The Cabinet of Pakistan is a formal body composed of senior government officials chosen and led by the Prime Minister.
• Shehbaz Sharif is the current PM of Pakistan.
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• Lord Pethick Lawrence  headed the Cabinet Mission
  
• The first Cabinet of Pakistan consisted of 7 members
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• there are the following member including in the first cabinet

1-      Liaquat Ali Khan

Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, and Minister for Common Wealth Relations.

2-      Malik Ghulam Mohammad

Finance Minister.

3-      Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar

Transport and Communication Minister.

4-      Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan

Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Health.

5-      Jugindarnath Mandal

Minister for Law and Labour.

6-      Fazal-ur-Rehman

Interior Minister and Minister for Information and Education.

7-      Ibrahim Ismail Chandigarh

Minister for Trade, Industry, and Construction.

Explanation

Senate members are 100 till the 2023 election.

The National Assembly of the parliament consists of 336 members old was 342 reducing KPK from 61 to 55.

It becomes 342 after the 26th amendment

National Assembly is the lower  house of parliament 

Senate is the Upper house of parliament 

According to Article 51 (1) and 3(a) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Article 51. (1) There shall be [three hundred and thirty-six] seats for members in the National Assembly, including seats reserved for women and non-Muslims.

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Explanation

Sherry Rehman also received: Nishan-i-Imtiaz

Sherry Rehman belongs: PPP

Sherry Rehman appointed federal minister for Information and Broadcasting: 2008

Explanation

Sadiq Sanjrani took his oath of office as Member and Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan on 12 March 2018

and 2nd time on 12 March 2021.

Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani is a Pakistani politician, is the 8th and current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan

He is the youngest and first-ever Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan who hails from the province of Balochistan. 

Born: April 14, 1978 (age 45 years)

Party: Balochistan Awami Party

Previous office: Acting President of Pakistan (2023–2023)

Full name: Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani

Office: Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 2018

Explanation

List of Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan

Explanation

The Supreme Court on 1^st march 2020 announced its opinion on the presidential reference regarding Senate elections, saying that polls for the upper house of parliament will be held through secret ballot, according to Article 226 of the Constitution.

The 4-1 majority opinion was announced by a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and including Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Yahya Afridi.

Explanation

Later in 1985 through a Presidential Order (P.O. No. 14 of 1985),

Seven seats were added to the general seats and

Ten to the reserved seats for women in the national assembly.

Ten seats were exclusively reserved for minorities to be filled through separate electorate system. Thus the total strength of the lower house reached to 237 members.

The strength of senate was also increased from 63 to 87.