ECP notifies minority, reserved seats for women in Punjab, Sindh assemblies
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ECP notifies minority, reserved seats for women in Punjab, Sindh assemblies
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission on Thursday issued details of reserved seats for women and minorities in the Sindh and Punjab assemblies.
In the Sindh Assembly, the notification specifies that the PPP has been allotted 20 seats for women and 6 for minorities. Additionally, MQM-Pakistan has secured 6 seats, and GDA has secured 1 seat. MQM-Pakistan has secured 2 minority seats.
For the Punjab Assembly, notifications have been issued for reserved seats, with PML-N securing 36 seats for women, PPP getting three, PML-Q securing two, and one seat allocated to a woman affiliated with IPP.
Decisions are pending on one minority seat in the Sindh Assembly and two seats for women.
Similarly, the decision could not be reached for the reserved seats in the Sindh Assembly for independent candidates affiliated with the Sunni Ittehad Council.
In the Sindh Assembly, the number of GDA members has reached 3, PPP has secured 114 seats, and MQM has secured 36 seats.
Out of the 66 seats reserved for women in the Punjab Assembly, the Election Commission did not allocate 24 seats.
Similarly, out of the eight seats reserved for minorities, no party was allocated separately. Considering numerical representation, the Sunni Ittehad Council's quota for women is 24, with three seats for minorities.
The Election Commission will finalise the allocations by Friday.
