Pakistan

National Assembly Senate

National Assembly

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1947
Year of first woman in parliament: 1947

Notes: 1947: The Constituent Assembly became the first legislature of the country after it was granted independence and became a Commonwealth Dominion, at the same time as India; Bangladesh was part of the country until 1972; the total number of seats in the Assembly was later increased to 79 1973???: very difficult to make sense of all the information; fiche and 1995 answer list different dates for first women, 2004 reply is an update for recent elections; precise dates and numbers are lacking, the 1973 entry in fiche does not correspond to the other numbers in document and does not fit history as found on http://www.na.gov.pk/history.htm
Year of first woman speaker: 2008