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{{Further|Elections in Pakistan}}▼
{{Infobox legislature
▲ | name = National Assembly
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| last_election1 = [[Pakistani general election, 2008|18 February 2008]]▼
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| session_room = Pakistani_parliament_house.jpg▼
| meeting_place = Parliament House, Islamabad▼
| website = [http://www.na.gov.pk/ Official Website (English)]▼
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{{Politics of Pakistan}}
▲{{Further|Elections in Pakistan}}
The '''National Assembly''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ایوان زیریں پاکستان}}}}) is the [[lower house]] of the [[bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of Pakistan|Majlis-e-Shura]], which also comprises the [[President of Pakistan]] and [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] ([[upper house]]). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in [[Islamabad]]. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as [[Member of Parliament#Pakistan|Members of the National Assembly]] (MNAs), of which 272 are [[directly elected]] members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 172 seats to obtain and preserve a majority.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12105507</ref>
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