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Political structure of Pakistan
Political structure of Pakistan From the Economist Intelligence Unit Source: Country Report Official name Islamic Republic of Pakistan Form of state Federal parliamentary democracy (since October 2002); however, the military retains a strong controlling role and can dismiss parliament, making the political system in effect a quasi-dictatorship The executive General Pervez Musharraf is president and chief of army staff, having come to power through a military coup. A former banker, Shaukat Aziz, is prime minister and head of the government National legislature Bicameral legislature: the National Assembly (the lower house) was elected in October 2002. Of the 342 seats, 272 are elected on a first-past-the-post basis. Of the remainder, 60 are reserved for women and ten for non-Muslim minorities. These are allocated on the basis of proportional representation to parties that win more than 5% of the directly elected seats. The Senate (the upper house) consists of 100 senators. Of these, 22 are elected by each of the four provincial assemblies, eight are tribal representatives and four are representatives from the lower house Provincial government Elections for Pakistan's four provinces were held in October 2002. The provinces enjoy considerable autonomy, but this is causing tensions with the central government. The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA, a coalition of Islamic parties) performed strongly in the provincial elections; it now governs in the North West Frontier Province and, in alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), or PML (Q), in Baluchistan National elections General Musharraf was re-elected as president in a controversial election on October 6th 2007; the Supreme Court will rule on the legality of his win in late October. Elections for the national and provincial assemblies were held in October 2002; the next National Assembly election is due by January 2008. Elections for the Senate took place in February 2003; the next Senate election is due in February 2008 National government Although supporters of General Musharraf are in a majority, no party won an outright majority in the October 2002 general election, and two months passed before the then prime minister, Zafarullah Jamali, was elected with a majority of one vote. In June 2004 Mr Jamali was forced to resign by supporters of General Musharraf, and was replaced with an interim prime minister, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was succeeded by the current prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, in August 2004 Main political organisations PML (Q); PPP; PML (N); MMA (which comprises six religious parties, including Jamaat-i-Islami and Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islami); Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM); National Alliance (comprising several small parties led by the Millat Party); Awami National Party (ANP); Tehrik-i-Insaf (TI); Jiye Sindh Qaumi Mahaz National Security Council President & chief of army staff: General Pervez Musharraf Prime minister: Shaukat Aziz Commerce minister: Humayun Akhtar Khan Finance minister: Omar Ayub Khan Foreign minister: Khurshid Kasuri Interior minister: Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao Privatisation & investment minister: Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Central bank governor Shamshad Akhtar |
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