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	National Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
		The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries.
		It was also the name of the legislature during France's First Republic and the Consulate, and since 1946 has been the lower house of the French parliament, first under the Fourth Republic, and from 1958, the Fifth Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Assembly (168 words)

	National Assembly of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan.
		(3) The President in case of dissolution of the National Assembly under paragraph (b) of clause (2) shall, within fifteen days of the dissolution, refer the matter to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall decide the reference within thirty days, whose decision shall be final.
		The President of Pakistan may dissolve the Assembly before the end of its regular five-year term, at his own initiative - subject to Supreme Court approval or veto - or at the initiative of the Prime Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan (396 words)

	News
		Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan said that the dialogue process between India and Pakistan was progressing well and both the countries have realized to focus on growth, development and improving the quality of lives of their people.
		Emphasizing the importance of dialogue between India and Pakistan, he said that friendly relations between the two were the need of the hour and there is complete unanimity among the people in both the countries.
		Pakistan believed that settlement of this issue has to reflect the aspiration and wishes of the people of Kashmiri.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Jun05/01/05.htm (430 words)

	Encyclopedia: National Assembly of Pakistan
		The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan.
		Pakistan National Emblem of Pakistan (large) This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest.
		The Senate of Pakistan is the upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/National-Assembly-of-Pakistan (490 words)

	Library of Congress Information Bulletin - May-June 2004
		The National Assembly is one of the two legislative bodies in Pakistan’s bicameral Parliament established under the nation’s 1973 constitution.
		From left are Krishan Nehra, Law Library; Shahid Iqbal, Pakistan Senate; Tariq Junaid, Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Consortium; Saleem Mehmood, National Assembly of Pakistan; and Kersi Shroff of the Law Library.
		At a briefing hosted by the Law Library of Congress on April 26, the Pakistani delegates expressed the need to inform world legislators of the enactment of the 17th amendment to the Pakistan Constitution, which deals with several procedures involving the presidency, judiciary and previous laws.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/0405-6/pakistan.html (501 words)

	04961216.htm
		In this regard, the adoption of a consensus resolution on small territories by the General Assembly on 14 March 1997 is a welcome development.
		Denial of their right is a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
		The increase in the number of membership of the United Nations from 51 to 185 is a clear testimony to its success and achievement.
	www.un.int /pakistan/04971010.htm (1137 words)

	Pakistan
		Chairman of the Senate and Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
		Deputy Chairman of the Senate/ Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
		The national flag of Pakistan is dark green in colour with a white bar, a white crescent in the centre and a five-pointed star.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pk.html (463 words)

	Middle East Institute: Policy Brief
		Syed Fakhar Imam served as the speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly in 1985, and then led the parliamentary opposition from 1986 to 1988.
		Furthermore, he contended that the National Security Council, which is led by the president and includes the prime minister, concentrates power in the hands of the executive.
		She criticized the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ryan Crocker, for his remarks that Pakistan is a much more democratic country than the rest of the Middle East.
	www.mideasti.org /articles/doc382.html (987 words)

	Pakistan
		Pakistan is situated in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, with Afghanistan and Iran on the west, India on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the south.
		Pakistan was one of the two original successor states to British India, which was partitioned along religious lines in 1947.
		Pakistan's first elections under civilian rule took place in March 1977, and the overwhelming victory of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was denounced as fraudulent.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107861.html (1872 words)

	Indian American Center for Political Awareness
		National Conference (NC) president Omar Abdullah, who led his regional party to a debacle during the recent Jammu and Kashmir elections, yesterday tendered his resignation as the country's junior foreign minister.
		Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, in Turkey for a heads of states summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, gave assurances Pakistan will not be swayed from its frontline role in the U.S.-led war on terror by Islamic parties which swept to parliament in last week's elections.
		Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appeared last night to rule out a coalition with the country's main pro-military party and hinted that she was exploring an alliance with Islamic religious parties after their unexpected success in last week's elections.
	www.iacfpa.org /clips/2002/oct/15int.html (3725 words)

	Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto Returns
		Although the new president retained the constitutional authority vested in the Eighth Amendment to dismiss the popularly elected National Assembly as well as the prime minister, he appeared willing to support Benazir in curbing the power of his office.
		In the National Assembly elections of October 6-7, 1993, Benazir's PPP won a plurality--eighty-six seats--but not the absolute majority needed to immediately form a government in the 217-seat National Assembly.
		The October elections were hailed as the fairest in Pakistan's history and were, according to international observers, held "without hindrance or intimidation." Voter turnout, however, was lower than usual, as only about 40 percent of registered voters participated.
	countrystudies.us /pakistan/80.htm (613 words)

	National Assembly of Pakistan
		The National Assembly of Pakistan is the country’s sovereign legislative body.
		The Speaker is the highest office of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
		Through its debates, adjournment motions, question hours and standing committees, the National Assembly keeps a check over the Executive and ensures that the government functions within the parameters set out in the Constitution and does not violate the fundamental rights of citizens.
	www.pap.gov.pk /majlis/na/na.htm (136 words)

	PAKISTAN:THE POST-ELECTIONSCENE
		Though the Army-patronised Pakistan Muslim League (Qaide Azam--PML-QA) has emerged as the largest single political party in the National Assembly, its victories were largely confined to central and northern Punjab, barring Lahore, the capital of Punjab and Pakistan's political nerve centre, where the PML (Nawaz) did quite well, and some areas of Balochistan.
		The Constitution, as amended by Musharraf, provides for a strong President, who would preside over the meetings of the NSC and have the powers to dismiss the Prime Minister and dissolve the National Assembly on the recommendation of the military-dominated NSC.
		(Almost three weeks after the much-flawed elections of October 10, 2002, the newly-elected National Assembly of Pakistan is to meet for its inaugural session on November 8, 2002.
	www.saag.org /papers6/paper541.html (3209 words)

	Mahzarnama - The Memorandum submitted to the National Assembly of Pakistan
		In Pakistan, the members of the present National Assembly were elected by majority vote on the basis of their political platform, notwithstanding the adverse edicts by the religious scholars prejudicial to their respective election.
		he full-house Special Committee of the National Assembly of our dear homeland, Pakistan, has two resolutions in front of it for special deliberation: one from the ruling majority, and the other from the official Opposition.
		This promise by the Prime Minister puts a two-fold responsibility on the National Assembly not to disregard the dictates of justice and reason while deliberating upon this matter.
	www.thepersecution.org /archive/mehzarnama/chapter1.html (2123 words)

	Pakistan Times: Top Story: Treasury faces defeat in Pakistan's National Assembly
		National Assembly Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain’s best efforts to bring treasury members to the house failed to save the government benches from a clear defeat, as 81 opposition members opposed the bill to condone the delay in presentation of a standing committee report against treasury’s 78 members.
		National Assembly sources say that the amendment in Decorations Bill is pertaining to the withdrawal of national awards from the convicted persons and heroes.
		The Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf Imran Khan said that more than half of the schools located in his Mianwali constituency, are lying closed and that not a single penny has been given as was promised by the Punjab government for school-going children for their books and pocket.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/03/17/top3.htm (2039 words)

	PAKISTAN MISSION TO THE
		The Special Committee of the National Assembly of Pakistan on Kashmir recall that tragically despite the passage of over four decades, the oppressed people of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) continue to struggle for their very basic and fundamental right i.e.
		MEMORANDUM PRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN ON KASHMIR ON 15 AUGUST 1997 TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
		It is for all civilized and responsible member states of the international community of nations to send a loud and clear message to India condemnation of the grave human rights violations and the necessity of upholding the sanctity of UN resolutions.
	www.un.int /pakistan/15970815.htm (568 words)

	Pakistan's National Assembly ends 3rd parliamentary year on Tuesday - Irna
		Pakistan's parliament comprises two houses-- the National Assembly (lower house) and the 100-member Senate (upper house).
		The present assembly came into being on November 16, 2002 after the general election which followed President General Pervez Musharraf's assumption of power on October 12, 1999.
		The 342-member lower house of the Pakistan Parliament is all set to complete its third parliamentary year on November 15.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-20/0511125480150730.htm (329 words)

	Electoral Politics in Pakistan
		Under the auspices of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies of Sri Lanka, a non-government Observer Group of 41 persons - jurists, academics, journalists, lawyers and diplomats from four SAARC countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka - visited Pakistan to observer the National Assembly elections in October, 1993.
		During the last six years, SAARC non-governmental teams have observed the Pakistan National Assembly elections in 1988 and 1990, the Sri Lanka Presidential election in 1988, the Bangladesh elections in 1991, the Parliamentary elections in Nepal in 1991, and the Lok Sabha elections in India in 1991.
		They came in their individual capacities at the invitation of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and their visit was facilitated by the Government of Pakistan.
	www.icescolombo.org /Public/ele-pak.htm (262 words)

	Election Commission of Pakistan - The Official Website
		The Election Commission of Pakistan is an independent and autonomous constitutional body charged with the function of conducting transparent, free, fair and impartial elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies.
		The territories of Pakistan comprise the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, North-West Frontier and Balochistan, the Islamabad Capital Territory i.e.
		Pakistan is a Federal Republic and is known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
	www.ecp.gov.pk (221 words)

	Pakistan
		Despite national and international laws which ban bonded labor and pledges to end all forms of child labor in Pakistan, the government of Pakistan aggressively promotes the export of rugs made by such laborers -- and the international demand for inexpensive rugs is exceptionally high.
		4 The government of Pakistan is complicit in these violations, both by the direct involvement of the police, who consistently arrest bonded laborers under false charges, and through the state's failure to enforce its obligation to protect the rights of bonded laborers guaranteed under national and international law.
		The constitution of Pakistan forbids slavery and forced labor; a Supreme Court decision declared that the bonded labor system is unconstitutional; and an act of parliament called for the abolition of bonded labor.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Pakistan.htm (17398 words)

	Pakistan Christian Post
		The reserved seats were 10 for women in the National assembly of Pakistan, which have been increased to 60 but the Christian leadership who demanded joint election system failed to secure the increase in number of seats proportional to Christian population according to the previous census in Pakistan.
		Its very amazing situation that their are60 reserved seats for Muslim women in National Assembly but they have issued the party tickets to Muslim women as candidates on the general seats.
		The minorities have been privileged to practice Separate election system in Pakistan from 1985 for 17 years and they were electing their representitives by their own votes.
	www.pakistanchristianpost.com /newsdetails.php?newsid=211 (626 words)

	IndiaDaily - Former speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Gohar Ayub Khan reveals clues to Pakistan’s clandestine network within Indian Military
		The story is coming from former speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Gohar Ayub Khan who is also the son of Pakistani General Ayub Khan.
		Pakistan has tried to watch and take advantage of senior Indian Military personnel in India by influencing their spouses and family in general.
		Pakistan diverts a huge amount of money that it receives from Western countries as aids to buy out Indian Military secrets from Indian Military personnel.
	www.indiadaily.com /editorial/2960.asp (552 words)

	Pakistan Times Top Story: Opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly stages walkout
		The National Assembly rescinded its own March 16, 2005 decision of not passing the motion of condonation in delay in presentation of report of the Standing Committee on Cabinet about the Decorations (Amendment) Bill 2005.
		The National Assembly later unanimously passed a bill to amend the Export Development Fund Act 1999 (The Export Development Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2005) whereas the government withdrew two bills after it faced a defeat on one of them on Wednesday.
		The opposition and MQM called for immediate halt to the ongoing operation in Dera Bugti and constitution of a National Assembly’s new committee to find a political solution to the problem as Interior Minister Aftab Sherapo stated that an FC convoy headed by Colonel Furqan retaliated in self-defence when 100-150 Bugti’s men attacked it.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/03/18/top2.htm (1239 words)

	Playing along with General
		The National Assembly in Pakistan is the highest political institution, a representative body of the people of Pakistan, at least on paper.
		While the Indian political leadership and public were engaged in finding new ways to firm up the peace process, the National Assembly, the Pakistan counterpart to the Indian Parliament, set up the Special Committee of the National Assembly on Kashmir on November 3, 2003.
		In case you are interested in reading the original, please log on to http://www.na.gov.pk/s_kashmir_comm.html, a website maintained by the Pakistan National Assembly.
	www.observerindia.com /analysis/A423.htm (1080 words)

	BRIEF HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT HOUSES IN PAKISTAN
		The Parliament- the Senate and the National Assembly - have acquired a permanent abode in the present Parliament House, which was inaugurated on May 28, 1986.
		From 1972 onward, the State Bank auditorium in Islamabad functioned as the National Assembly of Pakistan.
		In 1956, the first Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was adopted in Karachi at the same Sindh Assembly building which also passed as the Parliament of Pakistan.
	www.cybercity-online.net /yp/NA/NA_History.htm (273 words)

	Marxist MP speaks in Venezuela
		This is the text of the speech of Comrade Manzoor Ahmed, Member of the National Assembly in Pakistan, and editor of the Marxist paper "The Struggle", to the II International Gathering in Solidarity with the Revolution in Caracas, on April 14th, 2004.
		The ruling classes of Pakistan and India were so terrified of this revolutionary upsurge that they went to war to derail the revolution.
		I belong to the Pakistan Peoples party whose foundations lie in anti imperialist struggle and the programme of a socialist revolution.
	www.marxist.com /Latinam/manzoor_speach.html (898 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		On behalf of the Members of National Assembly of Pakistan and on my own behalf, I express my heartfelt condolences to your Excellency and the bereaved families and also to the People of Sri Lanka.
		Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Ch.
		Following is the text of message from the Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan:
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/01/13/new23.html (212 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Pakistan bill recommends death for honour killings
		ISLAMABAD &; Pakistan's National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that prescribes the death penalty for those who kill women in the name of family honour.
		Under centuries-old tribal customs, hundreds of women are killed in Pakistan every year for bringing shame to their families by marrying for love, commiting adultery or earning an inadequate dowry.
		The private Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said the bill allowed murderers the chance to settle their crime out of court by paying off relatives of the victim.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041026-0433-pakistan-women.html (495 words)

	AM - Allegations of rigging in Pakistan National Assembly poll
		That's one analyst's description of today's National Assembly poll in Pakistan, which will elect a new government, but one subordinate to the now constitutionally enshrined military leadership of President Pervez Musharraf.
		But no matter who wins the most votes, recent constitutional changes have enshrined ultimate power in the hands of President Musharraf and his new National Security Council.
		President Musharraf insists that he will return his nation to democracy, but his election process has already been plagued with accusations of rigging in favour of pro-Musharraf parties; and many observers believe that such a skewed result holds considerable dangers for the country.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s697782.htm (508 words)

	Pakistan National Assembly resumes work Monday - Irna
		The Parliament in Pakistan comprises the National Assembly (the Lower House) and the Senate, (the Upper House).
		The members of the National Assembly are elected for five years term while senators for six years term.
		It has 342 members while the Senate has 100 members.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0508293853135007.htm (326 words)

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