Member of the Provincial Assembly
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A Member of the Provincial Assembly, or MPA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district
to the legislature
or legislative assembly
of a subnational jurisdiction. In Pakistan
, the members are elected by the voters in provinces for a term of five years.
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...
to the legislature
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
or legislative assembly
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch.The name is used by a number of member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as a number of Latin American countries....
of a subnational jurisdiction. In Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, the members are elected by the voters in provinces for a term of five years.
Provincial Assemblies in Pakistan
- Provincial Assembly of BalochistanProvincial Assembly of BalochistanThe Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is one of the four provincial assemblies of Pakistan, and the seat of the Government of Balochistan. The Balochistan assembly is the unicameral legislature of the province of Balochistan. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of the Pakistan...
- Provincial Assembly of SindhProvincial Assembly of SindhThe Provincial Assembly of the Sindh is a unicameral house of elected representatives of people of Sindh established under Article 106 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan...
- Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- Provincial Assembly of the PunjabProvincial Assembly of the PunjabThe Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore in eastern Pakistan...
Members of Provincial Assemblies
- Members of Assembly of Balochistan
- Members of Assembly of Sindh
- Members of Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- Members of Assembly of the Punjab