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pakistan**

H.E. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza,
ECP

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Islami Jamhooriya-e-Pakistan
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Parliamentary Democracy
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Senate National Assembly
President Mamnoon HUSSAIN 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/

4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Imran Khan By means of indirect vote, 104 members are elect-
ed in the Senate. Through majority vote, 272 mem-
5. Capital bers are elected in the National Assembly while
Islamabad through direct proportional representation vote the
other 70 seats are elected, out of which 60 are re-
6. Currency served for women and 10 for non-Muslims.
Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
4. Popular House
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) National Assembly
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pathan (Pushtun), Baloch, Muha-
jir (i.e., Urdu-speaking immigrants from India and 5. Type of Electoral System
their descendants), Saraiki, Hazara First Past the Post System
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8. Date of Independence
14 August 1947 ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
1956 (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

10. Language (s) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Urdu (National and Official) Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)

11. Literacy Levels 2. Website Address
Male: 69.07% Female: 44.28% www.ecp.gov.pk
Total: 56.98% (2014)
3. Nature of EMB
Independent

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