For Article 106 the following old article was substituted by 18th Amendment 2010 and shall be deemed always to have been so substituted with effect from 21st of August, 2002 namely:-
1. Each Provincial Assembly shall consist of general seats and seats reserved for women and Non-Muslims as specified in the column.
| General Seats | Women | Non-Muslims | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balochistan | 51 | 11 | 3 | 65 |
| KPK | 115 | 26 | 4 | 145 |
| Punjab | 297 | 66 | 8 | 371 |
| Sindh | 130 | 29 | 9 | 168 |
2. A person shall be entitled to vote if:
a. he is a citizen of Pakistan;
b. he is not less than eighteen years of age;
c. his name appears on the electoral roll for any area in the Province; and
d. he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind.
3. For the purpose of election to a Provincial Assembly:
a. the constituencies for the general seats shall be single member territorial constituencies and the members to fill such seats shall be elected by direct and free vote;
b. each Province shall be a single constituency for all seats reserved for women and non-Muslims allocated to the respective Provinces under clause (1);
c. the members to fill seats reserved for women and non-Muslims allocated to a province under clause (1) shall be elected in accordance with law through proportional representation system of political parties’ lists of candidates on the basis of the total number of general seats secured by each political party in the Provincial Assembly.
Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause, the total number of general seats won by a political party shall include the independent returned candidate or candidates who may duly join such political party within three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the returned candidates.
Article 107
Duration of Provincial Assembly
A provincial assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a term of five years from the day of its first meeting and shall stand dissolved at the at the expiration of its term.
Article 108
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
After the general election, a provincial assembly shall, at its first meeting, and to the exclusion of any other business, elect from among its members a Speaker, and a Deputy Speaker and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the Assembly shall elect another member as Speaker or, as the case may be, Deputy Speaker.
