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Fifty Percent increase in of provincial assemblies seats
Condition for graduation will also apply
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Reconstruction
Bureau (NRB) Lt-Gen (retd) Tanvir Hussain Naqvi on Thursday announced 50
per cent increase in the total seats of the provincial assemblies.
Talking to newsmen here at NRB office he said that the percentage of
women and technocrat seats was as per the percentage of seats in the
National Assembly.
Following are the province wise details of seats:
| Province |
Existing
/ New |
General |
Minorities |
Women |
Technocrats |
Total |
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| Balochistan |
Existing |
40 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
45 |
| New |
51 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
67 |
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| NWFP |
Existing |
80 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
87 |
| New |
99 |
0 |
22 |
9 |
130 |
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| Sindh |
Existing |
100 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
114 |
| New |
130 |
0 |
29 |
12 |
171 |
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| Punjab |
Existing |
240 |
8 |
12 |
0 |
260 |
| New |
297 |
0 |
66 |
27 |
390 |
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Lt-Gen (retd) Naqvi
said that originally the number of women seats in the Punjab Assembly
was short and now a three-time increase had been made and overall
disparities in seats had been removed.
Replying to a question, he said that for provincial assemblies election
the minimum educational qualification was also graduation. About
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) seats in the provincial
assemblies, he said that these seat would be in addition to this new
increase. 2002 |
