Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan

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The Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan is the elected head of the lower house of Parliament, responsible for overseeing legislative proceedings, maintaining order, and representing the Assembly in its official functions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Speaker of the Majlis-e-Shoora (National Assembly) ⓘ
appointedBy National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy resolution of the National Assembly ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
deputy Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
electedAt first sitting of a new National Assembly ⓘ
electedBy members of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election ⓘ
ensures impartial conduct of debates ⓘ
firstHolder Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
followsInSuccessionToPresidency Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan ⓘ
hasPower to allow or disallow motions ⓘ
to certify money bills ⓘ
to decide points of order ⓘ
to interpret rules of procedure ⓘ
to put questions to vote ⓘ
to recognize members wishing to speak ⓘ
to suspend members for disorderly conduct ⓘ
hasResidence Speaker House, Islamabad ⓘ
holdsOfficeUntil successor is elected ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
legislativeChamberType lower house ⓘ
mayActAs acting President of Pakistan under certain conditions ⓘ
memberOf National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
mentionedIn Article 53 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
mustBe member of the National Assembly ⓘ
oversees committee referrals of bills ⓘ
legislative business scheduling ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
precedesInSuccessionToPresidency Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan ⓘ
presidesOver National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
rankInOrderOfPrecedence high constitutional office ⓘ
represents National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
representsIn official functions ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting legislative proceedings ⓘ
ensuring observance of rules of procedure ⓘ
maintaining order in the National Assembly ⓘ
seat Parliament House, Islamabad ⓘ
style Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr. Speaker ⓘ
termLength duration of the National Assembly ⓘ
up to five years ⓘ
typeOfBodyPresidedOver unicameral lower chamber in a bicameral parliament ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Assembly chamber → presidingOfficer → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly → equivalentOffice → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan) → appointedBy → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan → positionHeld → Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Speaker’s House, Islamabad → officialResidenceOf → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Speaker’s House, Islamabad → usedByOffice → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan → subordinateTo → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan → worksWith → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan → hasHigherOffice → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Habibullah Khan Marwat → positionHeld → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Constitutional offices of Pakistan → includesOffice → Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ