Constitution 1973 § Article 272 — First 2[constitution of] Senate

Statutory text (English)

3[*]Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Constitution, but subject to 3[Article 63 and] Article 223,—
(a) the Senate shall, until the first National Assembly under the Constitution
continues in existence, consist of forty-five members and the provisions of
Article 59 shall have effect as if, in paragraph (a) of clause

(1) thereof, for the
word "fourteen" the word "ten" and in paragraph (b) of that clause for the word
"five" the word "three", were substituted, and reference to "total membership"
of the Senate in the Constitution shall be construed accordingly;
(b) the members elected or chosen as members of the Senate shall be divided into
two groups by drawing of lots, the first group consisting of five members from
each Province, two members from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and
one member from the Federal Capital and the second group consisting of five
members from each Province, one member from the said Areas and one member
from the Federal Capital;
(c) the term of office of members of the first group and of the second group shall
respectively be two years and four years;
(d) the term of office of persons elected or chosen to succeed the members of the
Senate at the expiration of their respective terms shall be four years;
(e) the term of office of a person elected or chosen to fill a casual vacancy shall be
the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy he is elected or chosen to fill;
(f) as soon as the first general election to the National Assembly is held, there shall
be elected to the Senate four additional members from each Province and two
additional members from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; and
(g) the term of office of such half of the members elected under paragraph (f) as
may be determined by drawing of lots shall be the unexpired term of office of
the members of the first group and the term of office of the other half shall be
the unexpired term of the members of the second group.

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Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 272: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 140, 141, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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