Provincial Assembly of Sindh

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Provincial Assembly of the Sindh is a unicameral house of elected representatives of People of Sindh established under the Article 106 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Under this article the total number of seats for the Provincial Assembly of the Sindh through direct vote is 168, of which 29 seats are reserved for women and 9 seats for non-Muslims.

1 History
2 Assembly Building
3 Legislative Assemblies
- 3.1 Colonial Era
- 3.2 Independence Era
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Sindh was conquered by the British General, Sir Charles Napier in 1843. He joined Sindh with Indian British Empire, in those days Sindh was a Separate state. After few years, in 1847 Sindh lost it status as a “State”, its separate Identity, and Sindh become a part of Bombay Presidency. In that time, Sindh was controlled by a Commissioner. Sindh was a Commissionerate of Bombay Presidency.

In year 1890, after Minto reforms, Sindh got representation first time in Bombay Legislative Assembly. Approximately four members represented Sindh. After that, movement of separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency was started.

With the introduction of Provincial Autonomy, under the Government of India Act 1935. The newly created Province Sindh, secured a Legislative Assembly of its own, consisting of 60 members only, elected on the basis of communal representation and weight age to the minority community.

After long struggle of separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency, starts its first part of history in 1935.Under Section 40(3) of Government of India Act, 1935 Sindh was separated from the Bombay presidency on 1st April, 1936.

Sir Lancelot Graham was appointed as the first Governor of Sindh by the British Government on 1st April, 1936. He was also the head of a council of 25 members, including 2 advisers from Bombay Council, to administer the affairs of Sindh, until 1937.

[edit] Assembly Building

The two-storey building of the Sindh Assembly consists of the camp office of the Chief Minister, offices of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, ministers, Leader of the Opposition, Secretariat, Law Department of the Government of Sindh, and Library.

The foundation stone of the building was laid by Sir Lancelot Graham, the Governor of Sindh, on 11 March 1940. The construction of the building – declared open by Sir Hugh Dow, the Governor of Sindh, on 4 March 1942 – was completed within a span of two years.

In 1971, after a lapse of about 24 years, it was again declared as the Sindh Assembly building. Since then it has been used as such. Presently, the central portion of the building, the Assembly Hall, seats a capacity of 168 Legislators. ^[1]