Pak Cabinet to keep seats for minorities

Pakistan government has reserved 60 seats for women and 10 for minorities, including Hindus, in the Lower House of Parliament for which elec...

Pakistan government has reserved 60 seats for women and 10 for minorities, including Hindus, in the Lower House of Parliament for which elections are due in October.

The government also lowered the house strength — national Assembly — from 357 to 342 as part of its efforts to bring in large scale electoral changes.

The government order retained the joint electorate system in which minorities could vote for candidates of their choice along with majority Muslim voters from their respective constituencies.

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Under the minorities quota, Christians will have four seats while Hindus including the scheduled castes, Sikhs, Buddhist and Parsi communities and Ahmadis would share the rest.

Seats have also been reserved for the minorities in the four provincial assemblies. After the introduction of joint electorate system, the government had announced to abolish reserved seats for the minorities. (PTI)

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