1[59. The Senate. (1) The Senate shall consist of one hundred and four members, of
whom,__
(a) fourteen shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;
(b) eight shall be elected from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, in such manner as the
President may, by Order, prescribe;
(c) two on general seats, and one woman and one technocrat including aalim shall be elected
from the Federal Capital in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe;
(d) four women shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly;
(e) four technocrats including ulema shall be elected by the members of each Provincial
Assembly; and
(f) four nonMuslims, one from each Province, shall be elected by the members of each
Provincial Assembly:
Provided that paragraph (f) shall be effective from the next Senate election after the
commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.
(2) Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with
the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
(3) The Senate shall not be subject to dissolution but the term of its members, who shall retire as
follows, shall be six years:
(a) of the members referred to in paragraph (a) of clause (1), seven shall retire after the
expiration of the first three years and seven shall retire after the expiration of the next
three years;
(b) of the members referred to in paragraph (b) of the aforesaid clause, four shall retire after
the expiration of the first three years and four shall retire after the expiration of the next
three years;
(c) of the members referred to in paragraph (c) of the aforesaid clause,—
(i) one elected on general seat shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and
the other one shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and
(ii) one elected on the seat reserved for technocrat shall retire after first three years and
the one elected on the seat reserved for woman shall retire after the expiration of the
next three years;
(d) of the members referred to in paragraph (d) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after
the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next
three years;
1 Subs. ibid., s. 18, for "Article 59".
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