ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday signed, at a
ceremony, amendment in the Senate (Election) Rules 1975 in compliance
with provision in the 18th Constitutional Amendment to reserve four
seats for the non-Muslims in the Upper House of the Parliament--the
Senate of Pakistan.
Under the 18th Constitutional amendment Act
2010, four seats for non-Muslims, one from each province have been
reserved in the Senate who will be elected by the members of each
Provincial Assembly from the next Senate Election. This is for the
first time that Senate will also have reserved seats for the
non-Muslims. Previously, ten reserved seats were provided for in the
National Assembly for the non-Muslims but none in the Senate.
The
signing ceremony was witnessed by Chairman Senate Mr. Farooq H. Naek,
Leader of the House in Senate Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari and Senators
belonging to PPP and other political parties besides senior government
officials. Online
