President Asif Ali Zardari has signed an amendment in the Senate (Election) Rules 1975 to reserve four seats for the non-Muslims in the Upper House of the Parliament.
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, held in Islamabad today, was witnessed by
Chairman Senate 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. SANA
