State and Government
Pakistan is an Islamic democratic state.
It has federal parliamentary form of government. There are three pillars
of the government in Pakistan. 1)
Legislature 2) Executive 3) Judiciary
1) Legislature: An institution to frame laws.
2) Executive: An institution to implement and
enforce the laws.
3) Judiciary: An institution to interpret the law.
Head of the government is Prime Minister.
A group of people that share common religion,
language, race, norms, manners, customs and usages, habits and interests is
called “Nation”.
Head of the state is president and head of the province is Governor.
Parliament (مقننہ): Parliament of our country is law
making institution. It has two houses.
1) Upper house: The upper house is called Senate.
2) Lower house: Lower house is called National
Assembly.
National Assembly: There are 342 member
of National Assembly in Pakistan.
National Assembly member are
divided as under,
General Seats----272 Female
Seat-----60 Minorities Seats-----10
Senate: It has 104 members. They are selected by the members of
provisional assembly. Each province is equally represented in the senate.
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Detail of the Senate Members |
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1 |
General
members of each province (14) |
14 × 4 = 56 |
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2 |
Technocrats from each province (4) |
4 × 4 = 16 |
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3 |
Woman from
each province (4) |
4 × 4 = 16 |
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4 |
Minorities from each province (1) |
1 × 4 = 4 |
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5 |
Members of
Tribal Areas (8) |
8 × 1 = 8 |
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6 |
Members of Federal capital Islamabad (4) |
4 × 1 = 4 |
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Total |
104 |
Executive (انتظامیہ): It is a branch of government that assures proper
implementation of a law enacted by the parliament.
Constitution (آئین): Rules and regulations are needed
to run the government. Set of those rules and regulations is called
constitution.
What official name was given to
Pakistan in 1956 constitution?
a) United States of Pakistan
b) Republic of Pakistan
c) Islamic Pakistan
d) Islamic
Republic of Pakistan
What does the word Pakistan means?
a) Holy Land
b) Deserts
c) Meadows
d) Natural Beauty
Pakistan is an Islamic…………state.
a) democratic
b) Autocratic
c) laisssez-faire
Head of the state is……in parliamentary system.
a) Prime Minister
b) Governor
c) President
d) none of these
Head of the Government is……in parliamentary system.
a) Prime Minister
b) Governor
c) President
d) none of these
