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Summary Electoral Reforms Bill was recently passed by NA.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News)- Recently passed Electoral Reforms Bill compels all political parties to at least allocate 13.6 tickets for women over 272 parliamentary general seats, reported Roznama Dunya on Saturday.
As per details acquired, political parties have to allocate 2 tickets for women in Balochistan’s 51 seats, over 5 from KPK’s 99 seats, over 6 from Sindh’s 130 seats and more than 14 from Punjab’s 297 general seats.
Women make 52pc of Pakistan’s 210.31 million population whereas experts believe that aforementioned step would help in empowering the suppressed gender in Pakistan.
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