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Four seats of Pakistan Senate reserved for non-Muslims
Friday August 26, 2011 11:42:51 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Four seats for non-Muslims have been reserved in Pakistan's upper
house of parliament.
President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday signed an amendment to reserve
four seats for non-Muslims in the Senate, reported Associated
Press of Pakistan.
They will be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly
from the next Senate election.
Pakistan's constitution provides for a parliamentary form of
government with a bicameral legislature, comprising the National
Assembly and the Senate. The membership of the Senate, which was
originally 45, was raised to 63 in 1977 and to 87 in 1985. The
government of General Pervez Musharraf raised the membership of
the Senate from 87 to 100 in 2002.
This is for the first time that Senate will also have reserved
seats for non-Muslims.
Previously, there were 10 reserved seats in the National Assembly
for non-Muslims but none in the Senate.
Minorities form approximately four percent of Pakistan's total
population of over 170 million. Over 80 percent of the non-Muslims
in Pakistan are either Christians or Hindus.
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