Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 — Article 106

106. Constitution of Provincial Assemblies..—(1) Each Provincial Assembly shall consist of general seats and seats reserved for women and non-Muslims as specified herein below: 1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 34. 2 Subs. by the Revival of the constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P. O. No. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch. 3 Ins. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 35. 4 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act. 1985 (Act No. XVIII of 1985), s. 12. 5 Ommited. by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act. 1985 (Act No. XVIII of 1985), s. 12. 6 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act. 1985 (Act No. XVIII of 1985), s. 12. 7 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010) s, 35. 8 Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act No. XXXII of 2025), s. 12. 9 Ommited. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010) s. 35. 10 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act. 1985 (Act No. XVIII of 1985) s. 12. 11 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 36, and shall be deemed always to have been so, substituted with effect from 21st day of August, 2002. General seats Women Non-Muslims Total Balochistan 51 11 3 65 1 [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 115 26 4 145] Punjab 297 66 8 371 Sindh 130 29 9 168 2 [* * * * * * *]

(2)A person shall be entitled to vote if

(a)he is a citizen of Pakistan;

(b)he is not less than eighteen years of age;

(c)his name appears on the electoral roll for any area in the Province; and

(d)he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind.

(3)For the purpose of election to a Provincial Assembly,

(a)the constituencies for the general seats shall be single member territorial constituencies and the members to fill such seats shall be elected by direct and free vote;

(b)each Province shall be a single constituency for all seats reserved for women and non-Muslims allocated to the respective Provinces under clause (1);

(c)the members to fill seats reserved for women and non- Muslims allocated to a Province under clause (1) shall be elected in accordance with law through proportional representation system of political parties’ lists of candidates on the basis of the total number of general seats secured by each political party in the Provincial Assembly: Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause, the total number of general seats won by a political party shall include the independent returned candidate or candidates who may duly join such political party within three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the returned candidates.] 107. Duration of Provincial Assembly. A Provincial Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a term of five years from the day of its first meeting and shall stand dissolved at the expiration of its term. 1 Subs. and Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act No. XXXVII of 2018) s. 6. w.e.f. 31-05-2018. 2 Clauses (1A) and (1B) ins. under s. 6 of Act No. 37 of 2018, after merger of former FATA areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and effective for election of members from that areas within one year after general elections, 2018 stood omitted after their election. 108. Speaker and Deputy Speaker. After a general election, a Provincial Assembly shall, at its first meeting and to the exclusion of any other business, elect from amongst its members a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the Assembly shall elect another member as Speaker or, as the case may be, Deputy Speaker. 109. Summoning and prorogation of Provincial Assembly. The Governor may from time to time

(a)summon the Provincial Assembly to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit; and

(b)prorogue the Provincial Assembly. 110. Right of Governor to address Provincial Assembly. The Governor may address the Provincial Assembly and may for that purpose require the attendance of the members. 111. Right to speak in Provincial Assembly. The Advocate-General 1[and an Advisor appointed under clause (11) of Article 130] shall have the right to speak and otherwise take part in the proceedings of the Provincial Assembly or any committee thereof of which he may be named a member, but shall not by virtue of this Article be entitled to vote. 2