Islamabad, June 12 (TNS): Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) has submitted an exclusive list of 18 priority candidates for 33 seats of National Assembly reserved for women in the biggest province of the country, Punjab.
Andleeb Abbas Munaza Hassan and Shireen Mazari are one of the most significant names in the priority list which has been submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Other candidates include Asma Qadeer, Aliya Hamza, Javeria Zafar, Kanwal Shauzab, Dr Seemi Bukhari, Sobia Kamal, Nosheen Hamid, Rubina Jamil, Maleeka Bokhari, Fouzia Bahram, Rukhsana Naveed, Tashfeen Safdar, Wajeeha Ikram, Asiya Azeem, and Mashaam Hassan.
National Assembly possesses the reserved seats for women which ensures that there is a feasible participation of women in the assembly and they can take part in parliament and legislation process.
A total of 60 seats reserved for women in the lower house of parliament. These include 33 seats for Punjab, 14 for Sindh, nine for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and four for Balochistan.
There are a total of 272 NA seats and a simple formula of dividing 272 by 60 (reserved seats for women) is used to allocate one women seat.
Political parties are asked to submit names of their women candidates before elections while marking their priority for these reserved seats and on the basis of priority women members are selected to the National Assembly.
