This report is based on information contained in Form B and Affidavits as annexed to the Nomination Papers submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan by the candidates for General Election 2018. Values in foreign currency have been converted in to Pakistani Rupees at the rate applicable on August 13, 2018. Errors and omissions are excepted.
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Party Strength at Oath-Taking Session PARTY POSITION IN Political Party 15th NA 14th NA TH 15 NATIONAL Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 151 35 ASSEMBLY Pakistan Muslim League (N) 81 176 Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 54 41 The 15th National Assembly (NA) was sworn in on August Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 15 - 13, 2018. Currently, there are Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan 7 23 330 members in the House. As Balochistan Awami Party 5 - many as nine seats have been Balochistan National Party 4 1 vacated by the legislators who Independents 4 8 had won more than one seat in Pakistan Muslim League 3 2 GE-2018. Moreover, two Grand Democratic Alliance 3 - general seats are vacant due Awami National Party 1 1 to postponement of election Awami Muslim League Pakistan 1 1 while a woman-reserved seat Jamhoori Wattan Party 1 of KP is also vacant. The Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (F) 15 incumbent Assembly has a Formed MMAP Jamaat-e-Islami 4 representation of 12 political parties as compared to 18 Pakistan Muslim League (Z) - 1 parties represented in the National Party - 1 previous Assembly. Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan Merged with PTI 1 Additionally, there are four All Pakistan Muslim League - 1 independent legislators in the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party - 4 House. See the table for party National Peoples Party - 3 position in NA. Pakistan Muslim League (F) Formed GDA 6 Qaumi Watan Party - 1 Total 330 325
KP including Non-Muslim The largest party PTI has 48% of Political Party Punjab Balochistan Sindh ICT FATA Members National Assembly’s General and women reserved seats in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 80 3 19 2 42 5 Punjab, 72% in KP, 26% in Sindh, 15% in Balochistan and all in Pakistan Muslim League (N) 75 4 2 ICT. PML-N occupies 45% of Pakistan Peoples Party 7 44 1 2 Punjab and 7% of KP seats. Parliamentarians PPPP secured 59% of Sindh, 4% Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 6 8 1 of Punjab and 2% of KP seats. Pakistan MMAP got 30% of Balochistan Muttahida Qaumi 7 and 14% of KP seats. Of the Movement Pakistan remaining, PML got four and Balochistan Awami Party 5 AMLP one Punjab seat, respectively. Moreover, the Balochistan National Party 4 remaining Balochistan seats were divided among BAP (5), Independents 1 1 2 BNP (4), JWP (1) and an Grand Democratic independent. In addition, ANP 3 won one and independents Alliance two seats in KP. In Sindh, MQM Pakistan Muslim League 3 got seven, GDA three and an Awami Muslim League independent one seat. The 1 Pakistan seats reserved for non-Muslims were distributed among PTI (5), Awami National Party 1 PML-N (2), PPPP (2) and MMAP (1). Jamhoori Wattan Party 1 See the table for provincial Total 166 20 74 2 58 10
distribution of the party seats.
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Maiden PARLIAMENTARY Election to MNA in Former Former Political Party Former MNA Total EXPERIENCE OF 15TH any 14th NA (13th or earlier NA) MPA Senator legislature NA LEGISLATORS Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 77 36 15 22 1 151 Of the 330 incoming legislators, 132 have been elected to any Pakistan Muslim League (N) 14 58 2 7 81 legislature for the first time while Pakistan Peoples Party 15 25 7 7 54 129 were the members of the Parliamentarians Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal outgoing Assembly as well. 12 2 1 15 Moreover, two former senators, Pakistan Muttahida Qaumi 26 members of the 13th or 3 2 1 1 7 Movement Pakistan earlier National Assemblies, 41
former members of provincial Balochistan Awami Party 2 1 1 1 5 assemblies are also part of the Balochistan National Party 3 1 4 15th NA. Most of the PML-N members (58 out of 81) have Independents 2 2 4 been re-elected from the 14th NA. Of 129 legislators who were Grand Democratic Alliance 1 2 3 members of the last NA, 16 Pakistan Muslim League 2 1 3 have changed their political affiliations. As many as 13 of Awami National Party 1 1 these legislators represented Awami Muslim League 1 1 PML-N in the 14th NA but will Pakistan now represent PTI (11), PPPP (1) Jamhoori Wattan Party 1 1 and BAP (1). Moreover, one legislator each of JI and PPPP Total 132 129 26 41 2 330 has defected to PTI and one of PPPP to GDA. See the table for newcomers and former legislators elected to the 15th NA.
EDUCATIONAL Educational Qualification Female Legislators Male Legislators QUALIFICATION OF Bachelors (BA, BSc., B.Com., BBA, BIT, BCS, Graduate) 15 101 15TH NA Masters (MA, MSc., MBA, MS, B.A. Honors, B.Com Honors) 23 49 LEGISLATORS Law Graduates (LLB, LLM, LLB Honors, Bar at Law) 4 35 Nearly one third (116) of the incoming legislators hold a Matriculation (Matric, O Levels, SSC) 4 20 Bachelors and 72 have a Medical/Dental Doctors (MBBS, BDS, Doctor) 7 11 Masters’ Degree. The Assembly Intermediate (FA, FSc., A Levels, Diploma, Intermediate) 4 11 also has four Engineers and 18 legislators have qualified in the Post Graduate (MPhil, PhD) 5 1 Medicine or Dentistry while six Shahadatul Almiya (Religious Education) - 9 hold a Postgraduate Degree including two having a Engineers (BSc. Engineering, BE, BS Engineering) 1 3 Doctorate Degree. Moreover, Illiterate 1 - a female legislator has Under Matriculation 1 1 declared herself illiterate while two have not declared their Education Not Declared 1 1 literacy level. See the table for Information Not Available 2 20 a gender-wise distribution of legislators’ educational Total 68 262 qualification.
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Male PROFESSIONAL Profession Female Legislators Total Legislators DIVERSITY AMONG Agriculturist 2 77 79 15TH NA Businessperson 11 58 69 LEGISLATORS Agriculturist and Businessperson 19 19 A majority of the incoming
legislators (172) are Businessperson - Real Estate 5 5 agriculturists or businesspersons Full Time Parliamentarian/Politician/Political 19 13 32 by profession while 24 others Activist/Social Activist are landlords. As many as 32 Landlord 1 23 24 legislators have declared them
to be full time politicians, Housewife 15 15 parliamentarians or political Law Practitioner 3 11 14 and social activists. Moreover, the Assembly has 13 practicing Medical Practitioner 6 7 13 doctors and 14 housewives as Teacher 4 7 11 well. Self Employed 4 5 9 See the table for a gender-wise Retired Army Officers 2 2 distribution of the legislators’ professions. Media Person 1 1
Information not Available 3 34 37
Total 68 262 330
CONTRIBUTION TO Political Party Members PARTY FUNDS Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 81 None of the 330 incoming legislators received any Pakistan Muslim League (N) 54 contribution from their Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 32 respective political parties for Balochistan Awami Party 2 their election. Instead, 171 out of 330 legislators claimed to Balochistan National Party 2 have contributed funds for their Awami National Party 1 political parties. Total 172 See the table for the party-wise number of legislators who claimed to have made the contributions to their parties’ funds.
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PENDING CRIMINAL Political Party Members CASES AGAINST Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 18 15TH NA Pakistan Muslim League (N) 9 LEGISLATORS Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 5 As many as 35 new members have criminal cases pending Independents 1 against them in various courts. Balochistan Awami Party 1 Half of these legislators belong Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan 1 to PTI, nine to PML(N), five to PPPP and one each to MQM, Total 35
BAP and Independent. See table for the party-wise number of legislators against whom criminal cases are pending. Reserved for Reserved for Assets Range General Seats Total LEGISLATORS’ Women Non-Muslims
ASSETS Less than One Million 2 3 5 Nearly one third (112) legislators One to 10 Million 39 19 58 have declared their assets worth between 11 million PKR 11 to 50 Million 90 22 112 and 50 million PKR while 58 had 51 to 100 Million 33 10 43 the assets worth one to 10 million PKR. As many as 12 101 to 500 Million 50 4 54 legislators have assets having 501 Million to One Billion 12 12 worth ranging between 501 More than One Billion 8 8 million PKR and one billion PKR while five legislators have the Information Not Available 27 1 10 38 assets less than one million PKR. Total 261 59 10 330
See the table for seat-wise categorization of legislators’ assets.
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RICHEST AND LIST OF LEGILSATORS HAVING ASSETS WORTH MORE THAN A BILLION Net Worth of Assets POOREST AMONG Name of Member Constituency Political Affiliation declared on Form LEGISLATORS IN B/Affidavit 15TH NA Noor Alam Khan NA-27 Peshawar-I Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 3,240,381,986 The new Assembly has eight NA-168 Pakistan Muslim League Ehsan Ul Haq Bajwa 2,306,693,891 billionaires with PTI’s Noor Alam Bahawalnagar-III (N) Khan being the wealthiest Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari NA-200 Larkana-I 1,544,405,592 legislator. His net worth as Parliamentarians Muhammad Najeeb NA-256 Karachi declared on the Form B of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1,323,423,879 Nomination Papers is more Haroon Central-IV NA-169 Pakistan Muslim League than 3.2 billion PKR. Among Noor Ul Hassan Tanvir 1,250,845,134 Bahawalnagar-IV (N) eight billionaires, four belong to PTI, two to PML-N and one Sher Akbar Khan NA-9 Buner Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1,061,857,717 each to PPPP and ANP. Amir Haider Azam NA-21 Mardan-II Awami National Party 1,045,349,801 On the other hand, five Khan Muhammad Yaqoob NA-39 Dera Ismail legislators had less than one Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1,043,639,362 million worth of assets. As many Shaikh Khan-II as two of these legislators belong to PTI, and one each to LIST OF LEGISLATORS HAVING ASSETS WORTH LESS THAN A MILLION PML-N, MQM and PPPP. Net Worth of Assets Name of Member Constituency Political Affiliation declared on Form See the tables for the lists of B/Affidavit seven richest and five poorest NA-108 among new legislators. Farrukh Habib Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 932,945 Faisalabad-VIII NA-227 Muttahida Qaumi Salahuddin 800,178 Hyderabad-III Movement Pakistan Zille Huma Reserved Seat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 700,000
Romina Khurshid Pakistan Muslim League Reserved Seat 500,000 Alam (N) Pakistan Peoples Party Nasiba Channa Reserved Seat 340,500 Parliamentarians
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