Editing Elections in Pakistan (section)

==Electoral system==

===In law and Constitution===

The [[Constitution of Pakistan]] more broadly and briefly defines how general elections (to a basic extent) are conducted, giving the time of elections, and the framework under which the elections are to be conducted, in Article 222–226 in chapter 2:

# No Person shall, at the same time, be a member of, both houses ([[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] and [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]]) or a House and a Provincial Assemblies. 
# When the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly is dissolved, a general election to the Assembly shall be held within a period of ninety days after the dissolution, and the results of the election shall be declared not later than fourteen days after the conclusion of the polls.

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===Election Commission of Pakistan===
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The duties of conducting elections are established in the [[Constitution of Pakistan]]. Established in 1956, the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] holds the purpose of elections to houses of [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]], four provincial assemblies and for election of such other public offices as may be specified by law or until such law is made by the Parliament.<ref name="ELection Commission">{{cite web |title=ELection Commission |url=http://storyofpakistan.com/the-constitution-of-1956/war after china border 1962 |access-date=23 May 2013 |publisher=ELection Commission}}</ref> The Election Commission is composed of the [[Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan|Chief Election Commissioner]] as its chairman (who is a judge or retired judge of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Supreme Court]] or a senior civil servant who has served at least 20 years or has retired in BPS-22 or is a technocrat)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 1: "Chief Election Commissioner and Elections CommissionsCommission" of Part VIII: "Elections" |url=https://pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part8.ch1.html#566 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=pakistani.org}}</ref> and four appointed members from each four provinces, each of whom is a judge of the four high courts of the four provinces; all appointed by the [[President of Pakistan|president]] by constitution.

After approving the consultations from the chief justices of high courts of four provinces and the chief election commissioner, the president constitutionally approves the appointments of the designated members of the Election Commission.<ref name="Constitution of Pakistan" /> The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the president, in his/her discretion, for a term of 3 years. The Constitution grants the commissioner the security of tenure and financial autonomy.