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I need the question "Qualifications and disqualifications for members of the senate"

" Prodcedure for the election of members of the senate"

plz help me...

I wil b vry thankful....

Article: 59 The Senate

The Senate.---(1) The Senate shall consist of one-hundred and four members, of whom,

(a) fourteen shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;

(b) eight shall be elected from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe;

(c) two on general seats, and one woman and one technocrat including aalim shall be elected from the Federal Capital in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe;

(d) four women shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;

(e) four technocrats including ulema shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; and

(f) four non-Muslims, one from each Province, shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly:

Provided that paragraph (f) shall be effective from the next Senate election after the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.

(2) Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

(3) The Senate shall not be subject to dissolution but the term of its members, who shall retire as follows, shall be six years :*

(a) of the members referred to in paragraph (a) of clause (1), seven shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and seven shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;

(b) of the. members referred to in paragraph (b) of the aforesaid clause, four shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and four shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;

(c) of the members referred to in paragraph (c) of the aforesaid clause,*---

(i) one elected on general seat shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and the other one shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and

(ii) one elected on the seat reserved for technocrat shall retire after first three years and the one elected on the seat reserved for women shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;

(d) of the members referred to in paragraph (d) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next three years;

(e) of the members referred to in paragraph (e) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the. first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and

(f) of the members referred to in paragraph (f) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of next three years:

Provided that the Election Commission for the first term of seats for non-Muslims shall draw a lot as to which two members shall retire after the first three years.

(4) The term of office of a person elected to fill a casual vacancy shall be the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy he has filled.



Article: 62 Qualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)

(l) A person shall not be qualified to be elected or chosen as a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) unless*—

(a) he is a citizen of Pakistan;

(b) he is, in the case of the National Assembly, not less than twenty- five years of age and is enrolled as a voter in any -electoral roll in*---

(i) any part of Pakistan, for election to a general seat or a seat reserved for a non-Muslims; and

(ii) any area in a Province from which she seeks membership for election to a seat reserved for women.

(c) he is, in the case of the Senate, not less than thirty years of age and is enrolled as a voter in any area in a Province or, as the case may be, the Federal Capital or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, from where he seeks membership;

(d) he is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic Injunctions;

(e) he has adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as well abstains from major sins;

(f) he is sagacious, righteous, non-profligate, honest and ameen, there being no declaration to the contrary by a court of law; and

(g) he has not, after the establishment of Pakistan, worked against the integrity of the country or opposed the ideology of Pakistan:

(2) The disqualifications specified in paragraphs (d) and (e) shall not apply to a person who is a non-Muslim, but such a person shall have good moral reputation.

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thnx alot

can u plz tel me any web link where from I can read 1973 constitions acording to PU syllabus
or use as a helping book?

hmmmm constitution kabhi b according to syllabus nahi hota ...its the supreme law of the land...u just type THE CONSTITUTION OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN 1973 ...n search ...constititon wil be before yew.....Art 62, 63, and 63-A deal with qualification n disqualification ov members of assemblies...but there is diff procedure for the selection ov senators as laid down in art 59 as mentioned in above post of islah g.....hence the senators must have those extra qualifications as well...!!

Qualification for the Senators:

(i) Citizen of Pakistan:

Should be citizen of Pakistan.

(ii) Age:

Should not be less than thirty year of age.

(iii) Mentally fit:

Should be mentally fit.

(iv) Not insolvent:

Should not be insolvent.

(v) Not hold any office of profit:

Should not hold any office of profit in the service of Pakistan.


Procedure for election:

Members of the senate are elected in accordance with system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. The device of representation by single transferable vote has been adopted for election to the senate in order to give proportional representation to the various parties so that all parties may also be represented and have a share in political life of the country.