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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