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Parliament of Pakistan - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Assembly, Commission, Congress, Council, Court, Diet, Legislature, Soviet

The Parliament of Pakistan is known as the Majlis-e-Shoora (Council of Advisors). Pakistan has a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house). According to Article 50 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the National Assembly, the Senate and the President together make up a body known as the Majlis-e-Shoora.

The Constitution gives the President of Pakistan the authority to dissolve (and thereby trigger new elections for) the National Assembly but not the Senate, which is not subject to dissolution.

Variant Spellings

The Constitution, which is written in English, uses the spelling Majlis-e-Shoora. Majlis-i-Shoora, Majlis-e-Shura, and Majlis-i-Shura are also valid transliterations from the Urdu spelling.

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maureenhasinoff: "Mike Duffy has become a Parliament-wide embarrassment to everyone, including himself." AMAZING
durutticolumn: Err Joe y are we supposed to give a shit about your religious beliefs? I think they should drop prayers from Parliament.
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