The National Assembly of Pakistan passed the Constitution on 10th April, 1973, the President of the Assembly authenticated it on 12th April, 1973 and the Assembly published the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Since then, a number of amendments have been made therein and it has become necessary and expedient that an up-to-date and authentic version of the Constitution be published by the Assembly. The present Fifth Edition of the Constitution is historic one as it contains the amendments made through the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 which was unanimously adopted by the National Assembly on 8th April and by the Senate of Pakistan on 15th April, 2010, unanimously, and was assented to by the President on the 19th April, 2010. This Edition, which is intended to provide an updated version of the Constitution, incorporates all amendments made in it till date.

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The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The National Assembly or Aiwān-e-Zairīñ of Pākistān (<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_language">Urdu</a>: ایوانِ زیریں پاکستان‬‎‎, IPA: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu">[ɛːʋɑːn-e zɛːrĩː ˌpɑːkɪst̪ɑːn]</a>, literally "Pakistan lower house") is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_house">lower legislative house</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism">bicameral</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan">Majlis-e-Shura</a>, which also comprises the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Pakistan">Senate of Pakistan</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_house">upper house</a>). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad">Islamabad</a>. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 336 members, before 25th amendment they used to be 342 who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directly_elected">directly elected</a> members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 137 seats to obtain and preserve a majority.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan#cite_note-maj172-1">[1]</a>

Members are elected through the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post">first-past-the-post</a> system under <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_adult_suffrage">universal adult suffrage</a>, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Pakistan">constitution</a>, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities are allocated to the political parties according to their proportional representation.

Each National Assembly is formed for a five-year term, commencing from the date of the first sitting, after which it is automatically dissolved. Currently the National Assembly can not be dissolved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a>; it is dissolved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a>.

Election for 13th National Assembly was held on 18 February 2008. New session of National Assembly was started from March 2008. On 17 March 2013, 13th National Assembly was dissolved on completion of its five-year term under Article 52 of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution">Constitution</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan#cite_note-dissTNI-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan#cite_note-dissTET-3">[3]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Pakistani_general_election">2013 Pakistani general election</a> (for the 14th National Assembly) was held on 11 May 2013. Members of 14th National Assembly took oath on 1 June 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan#cite_note-oathTNI-4">[4]</a> The 14th National Assembly dissolved on 31 May 2018 upon completing its 5 year term under Article 52 of the constitution. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_15th_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan">15th National Assembly of Pakistan</a> took their oath on 13 August 2018.

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