Question

What is the difference between national assembly and provincial assembly?

Answer 1

The government is based on the much-amended constitution of 1973, which was suspended twice (in 1977 and 1999) and reinstated twice (in 1985 and 2002). According to the constitution, Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. The legislature, or parliament, is the Majlis-i-Shoora (Council of Advisers), consisting of the Lower House, which is often called the National Assembly, and the Upper House, or Senate. National Assembly members are directly elected for five-year terms. Senate members are elected by provincial assemblies, with equal representation from each of the four provinces as well as representatives from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Islamabad Capital Territory. Both the Senate and National Assembly may initiate and pass legislation, but only the National Assembly can approve federal budgets and finance bills. However, parliament often has had little real political power. For example, in 2003 the only bill passed by the National Assembly was the national budget.

Answer 2

In Politics, a National Assembly termed as unicameral assembly, which has the lower house of a bicameral parliament, or both houses of a bicameral assembly collectively. In the English language, it commonly means "an arrangement comprised of the delegates of the country. This is an assembly which is represented at national level.

A Member of the Provincial Assembly or MPA is a delegate chosen by the citizens of a constituent district of a sub-national administration. In India, the representatives are selected by the citizens in provinces for a term of five years. Provincial assembly is a division at the state level.