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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Record 76 female lawmakers in NA
ISLAMABAD: A record 72 female lawmakers took oath as National Assembly members on Monday. Sixty women were elected on reserved seats and 16 secured NA seats in elections. Of 35 seats reserved for women in Punjab, the PML-N got 16; PPP 12; and PML-Q seven. The PPP secured seven; MQM five; and PML-Q and PML-F one seat each reserved for Sindh’s women. The ANP and PPP got three reserved seats each, and the PML-N one seat, in NWFP. In Balochistan, the PPP, PML-Q, and MMA secured one reserved seat each. app
Courtesy Daily Times