Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Provincial Assembly of a Province in Pakistan
The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan, having a total of 145 seats, with 115 general seats, 26 seats reserved for women and 4 reserved for non-Muslims.
Introduction
The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the unicameral legislative body for Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, located in Peshawar. Established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan, it legislates on provincial matters including education, health, and local government.
The assembly elects the Chief Minister who leads provincial government and appoints members of provincial cabinet. Under the Parlimentary framework of government both chief minister and cabinet are responsible to assembly.
Composition
After Final Delimitation 2018, the composition of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats is as under:
History
The history of the provincial legislature of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa begins during British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent. Before the British annexed the region, the areas that now form Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were ruled by local tribal systems, the Durrani Empire, and later the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In 1849, after defeating the Sikhs, the British East India Company annexed the region and included it within the Punjab Province of British India.
For many decades, the Pashtun-majority areas were administered directly from Lahore under the Punjab government.
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