The Senate of Pakistan, known as the upper house, has 104 seats with a six-year term for senators, and elections occur every three years for half the Senate. Its role is to ensure equal representation of the provinces, balancing population disparities seen in the National Assembly. The president is elected by both houses of parliament, and in the absence of the president, the Senate chairman assumes presidential duties until a new president is appointed.

1. Senate and its Purpose
By: Nitasha Maqsood
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2. Senate of Pakistan
 Senate of Pakistan is also known as the upper house of
Pakistan.
 The elections for senate are conducted after a time interval of
three years for one half of the senate and each senator is
allocated a time period of six years.
 If in any scenario there is no president in Pakistan or he is
unable to perform his duties then chairmen of the senate
perform the duties of a president unless and until there
comes a new president or old one recovers himself.
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3. What is the purpose and role of
senate?
 The primary reason for having senate is to give equivalent
status to the entire associate entities since the linkage of the
national assembly was supported on the population of each
province.
 Alike association of provincial in the senate, hence stable the
provincial disparity in the National assembly.
 The total senatorial seats are 104, having 18 seats for women.
According to the constitution of Pakistan there is requirement of
having at least 17 women senators. Senate members are
elected according to the Article 59, presented in the constitution
of Pakistan.
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4. President & the Parliament
 Under the constitution, Article 50, the parliament of Pakistan has
a president and two houses known as the national assembly
and the senate Assembly respectively. The members of both
houses elect the president. In some cases president may be
indict through some resolutions, which is accepted by the
2/3rd of the total members in a joint venture of the two houses
who are summoned for this purpose. The constitution of
Pakistan gives power to the president by allowing him to
disqualify the national assembly under his prudence if in some
scenario the government is unable to work under the
requirements stated in constitution. For dissolution f national
assembly it is necessary to plea the electorate.
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5. Continued…
 In case of dissolution, the President is required to pass on
the matter to the Supreme Court and then the Supreme
Court shall decide the situation within thirty days and the
judgment made by the Supreme Court will be considered
final.
 In case of absence of the president, no matter what the
situation whether the president is not elected or he is unable
to perform his duties, it is the duty of the senate chairman to
hold his responsibilities till the new president is elected or he
is able to perform his functions.
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6. The Relationship between the
Houses
 If both the houses passes the bill and it is entertain by the
president’s acquiesce it cannot become a law unless it is the
case of a money bill which is the only right of the National
assembly. Through revision, the role of a negotiation team,
composed of eight members of each House, has been
initiated to progress consent on Bills, in case there is a
deviation between the two houses.
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7. Cabinet
 The constitution of Pakistan offers that there shall be a
Cabinet which should be headed by the PM and that is jointly
liable to the National assembly.
 The PM is elected from the members of the National
assembly. The ministers of the state and the federal ministers
are chosen from the members of the parliament.
 Those federal and ministers of the state who are also the
member of the senate must not exceed one fourth of the
numbers of federal ministers.
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8. Conclusion
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