administrative structure of pakistan
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Administrative Structure of Pakistan
Federal Government of Pakistan
According to constitution of 1973 Federal parliamentary system has been divided into three pillars 1.Legislature2.Exective3.JudiciaryEvery branch has its own job
Legislature (Parliament)
Parliament of Pakistan is called “Majlis-e-shurah”
Which comprise of two houses1. The upper house or Senate2. The lower house or National AssemblySenate: The senate comprises of 104 members, who are
elected on the basis of equal representation of the provinces.
Member of senate is called “Senator” Tenure of Senators Is six years.
Name of area/province No. of seats
Punjab 22
Sindh 22
Baluchistan 22
KPK 22
Islamabad 4
Minorities 4
FATA 8
Total 104
National AssemblyLower house comprises of 342
membersThe members of national assembly
are selected on the basis of Adult Franchise
Member of national assembly is called M.N.A
Tenure of M.N.A is five years
Division of seats of national assembly
Seats AllocatedPunjab 148Sindh 61
Balochistan 14KPK 35
Islamabad 2FATA 12
Women seats 60Minorities 10
Total seats 342
Division of seats for women in National Assembly Name of area Number of seats
Punjab 35
Sindh 14
KPK 8
Balochistan 3
Powers of Parliament Both houses have equal powers in legislation
whereas NA has more power in financial matters
Budget is exclusively passed by NA Parliament controls the executive. Both the house can fix the limit of judges in
supreme court and can give approvals for other matters regarding their services.
Selection of President NA elects Prime Minister, Speaker and Deputy
Speaker
Powers of Parliament (cont.) Both houses can introduce amendment in
constitution Parliament takes suitable steps for
development of country President can be dismissed by the
Impeachment movement Prime Minister can be dismissed by
movement of No confidence in parliament Same is with Speaker, Deputy Speaker of
senate and NA
Federal Executive Federal executive has following structure1) President’s Secretariat2) Prime Minister’s Secretariat3) Central Secretariat central secretariat comprises of different ministries and divisionsa) Ministry: Comprises of two or more Divisions. Its
political head is Federal Minister and administrative head is Secretary, an officer of BS-22
b) Division: Administrative Unit like Ministry. Its political head is Minister Of state and administrative head is Additional secretary, an officer of BS-21
Federal Executive(cont.)
Attached Departments: Every Ministry and Division has one or more attached departments.
Subordinate office: Every attached department has many subordinate offices.
Autonomous and Semi autonomous bodies: under control of Ministries and Divisions
Important officials of federal executive
President of Pakistan Prime Minister Federal Cabinet a. Federal Ministerb. Minister Of state Secretary Additional Secretary Joint secretary Deputy Secretary Section Officer
Organization of Provincial Government Governor: Head of province appointed by President. He
can continue in the office till the pleasure of president. Chief Minister: Head of Government of province
elected by provincial assembly for five years. Cabinet: There is a provincial Cabinet in each province
whose members are appointed by chief minister Chief Secretary: Administrative head of province Secretary: Administrative head of respective
departments of province Additional secretary: An assistant of secretary Deputy secretary: Head of a branch
Provincial Legislature Four provincial assemblies of Pakistan Membership of the provincial assembly is
determined according to population Member of provincial assembly is called M.P.A Tenure of M.P.A is five years M.P.A’s are elected directly by the common
people In provincial Assembly seats for women,
Minorities are fixed according to their population.
Division of seats in provincial government
Province General seats
Seats of women
Seats of minoritie
s
Total seats
Punjab 297 66 8 371
Sindh 130 29 9 168
KPK 99 22 3 124
Balochistan
51 11 3 65
Powers of Provincial Assembly Legislation Financial Executive Powers Miscellaneous Powers Control over Provincial executive Electoral functions
Local Goverment According to Ordinance of 14th August 2001 local
government consisted of1. District Government2. Tehsil Government3. Union Government
Administrative Structure of District government
Tehsil Government The tehsil government comprises of the
following departmentsi. Tehsil or Town Nazimii. Tehsil or Town naib nazimiii. Tehsil or Town counciliv. Tehsil or Town Administration
Union Government At the lower tier, the Union Administration,
which is a body corporate, covers the rural as well as urban areas across the whole district. It consists of Union Nazim, Naib Union Nazim and three Union Secretaries and other ancillary staff
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