Author: To’xtasinova, Shaxnoza Ibroximovna

Annotation: Women as equal citizens of Pakistan can freely participate in general elections and be elected to any public office at the national, provincial and local levels without any discrimination. They have the right to vote freely in all elections, general or by-elections, which they have been able to exercise since independence and which were restored in the 1956 constitution. They can stand for election either directly or through a reserved quota for women. There is no legal compulsion for women to hold any senior public office. Pakistan has accepted women as Prime Minister, Federal Minister, Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Opposition etc.

Keywords: Prime Minister, Federal Minister, Speaker of the National Assembly, Constitution of Pakistan.

Pages in journal: 184 - 191