Country
UN Women Region
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
Closed list proportional representation, first-past-the-post, block vote, or single non-transferable vote
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
Women candidates with the highest number of votes; successful candidates nominated by elected council members
Ranking/ placement
Sanctions for non compliance
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
10.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
15.70
M49 Code
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Constitution
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Electoral Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Parity Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Party Law
M49 Region
Local Level
true
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Local Government Law
Legal Source (name) - Local Government Law
Islamabad Capital Territory local government act, 2015 (amended through 2016); Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, 1990 (amended through 2022); Balochistan local government act, 2010 (amended through 2023); Gilgit-Baltistan local government act, 2014 (amended through 2022); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government act, 2013 (amended through 2022); The Punjab local government act, 2022; Sindh local government act, 2013 (amended through 2023)
Legal provisions - Local Government Law
• Islamabad capital territory: union councils: A union council shall consist of the following members elected under chapter V: ... (iii) two women. (Islamabad capital territory local government act, article 11)
• Islamabad Capital Territory: Metropolitan corporations: (1) The metropolitan corporation shall consist of the following members elected under chapter V: ... (iii) women; (2) The number of women should not be less than 33 per cent. (Islamabad capital territory local government act, article 12)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Local councils/Union councils: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the union council. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 8)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: District councils: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the district council. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 9)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Town committees: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the town committee. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 11)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Municipal committees: These shall consist of such a number of members as may, by notification, be fixed by the government. Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the Municipal Committee (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 12)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Municipal corporations: These shall consist of such number of members as may, by notification, be fixed by the government. Woman members equal to one-tenth of the total numbers of seats fixed, subject to a minimum of two, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the municipal corporation. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 12A)
• Balochistan: A local council may have women members from the local area, elected to the council in the prescribed manner, whose number shall be 33% of the number of general members subject to a minimum of one such member. (Balochistan local government act, section 12)
• Gilgit-Baltistan: Each local council shall have 33% of seats reserved for women. (Gilgit-Baltistan Local Government Bill, article 17)
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Tehsil Council: The total number of seats in women, youth peasant/worker and minorities categories will be such as Government may determine. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, eleventh schedule)
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Village and neighborhood councils: Composition includes at least one woman member. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government act, eleventh schedule)
• Punjab: Union Councils: Local governments of union councils shall consist of... two seats reserved for women. (Punjab local government act, article 13)
• Sindh: Town municipal corporation in a municipal corporation: There shall be a town municipal corporation for each town in a municipal corporation and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members, 5% for youth members (at least one), 5% for non-Muslim members (at least one) and 5% for labourer or peasont members (at least one), 1% for person with disabilities members (at least one) and 1% transgender person members (at least one). (Sindh local government act, article 7-A)
• Sindh: Union committees: There shall be such number of union committees in urban areas as may be determined by government and each union committee shall comprise of the following members: ... two women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: District municipal corporations: There shall be a district municipal corporation for each district in a metropolitan corporation and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Metropolitan corporations: A metropolitan corporation shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Union councils: There shall be such number of union councils in the rural areas as may be determined by government and union councils shall comprise of the following members: ... two women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: District councils: There shall be a district council which shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Municipal corporations: There shall be as many municipal corporations as may be determined by government and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Municipal committees: There shall be as many municipal committees consisting of single member wards as may be determined by government and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Town committees: There shall be as many town committees as may be determined by the government and shall comprise of the single member wards falling within that town committee. The town committee shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: General provision for councils: For the purpose of determining the number of seats for women, youth, laborer, or peasant or non-Muslims, if the number of seats falls short of one seat, at least one shall be allocated to each council. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Islamabad Capital Territory: Metropolitan corporations: (1) The metropolitan corporation shall consist of the following members elected under chapter V: ... (iii) women; (2) The number of women should not be less than 33 per cent. (Islamabad capital territory local government act, article 12)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Local councils/Union councils: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the union council. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 8)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: District councils: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the district council. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 9)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Town committees: Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the town committee. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 11)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Municipal committees: These shall consist of such a number of members as may, by notification, be fixed by the government. Women and youth members equal to 12.5% each of the total number of seats, subject to a minimum of four, i.e., two women and two youth, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the Municipal Committee (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 12)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Municipal corporations: These shall consist of such number of members as may, by notification, be fixed by the government. Woman members equal to one-tenth of the total numbers of seats fixed, subject to a minimum of two, shall be elected by the directly elected members of the municipal corporation. (Azad Jammu and Kashmir local government act, article 12A)
• Balochistan: A local council may have women members from the local area, elected to the council in the prescribed manner, whose number shall be 33% of the number of general members subject to a minimum of one such member. (Balochistan local government act, section 12)
• Gilgit-Baltistan: Each local council shall have 33% of seats reserved for women. (Gilgit-Baltistan Local Government Bill, article 17)
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Tehsil Council: The total number of seats in women, youth peasant/worker and minorities categories will be such as Government may determine. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, eleventh schedule)
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Village and neighborhood councils: Composition includes at least one woman member. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government act, eleventh schedule)
• Punjab: Union Councils: Local governments of union councils shall consist of... two seats reserved for women. (Punjab local government act, article 13)
• Sindh: Town municipal corporation in a municipal corporation: There shall be a town municipal corporation for each town in a municipal corporation and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members, 5% for youth members (at least one), 5% for non-Muslim members (at least one) and 5% for labourer or peasont members (at least one), 1% for person with disabilities members (at least one) and 1% transgender person members (at least one). (Sindh local government act, article 7-A)
• Sindh: Union committees: There shall be such number of union committees in urban areas as may be determined by government and each union committee shall comprise of the following members: ... two women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: District municipal corporations: There shall be a district municipal corporation for each district in a metropolitan corporation and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Metropolitan corporations: A metropolitan corporation shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Union councils: There shall be such number of union councils in the rural areas as may be determined by government and union councils shall comprise of the following members: ... two women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: District councils: There shall be a district council which shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Municipal corporations: There shall be as many municipal corporations as may be determined by government and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Municipal committees: There shall be as many municipal committees consisting of single member wards as may be determined by government and shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: Town committees: There shall be as many town committees as may be determined by the government and shall comprise of the single member wards falling within that town committee. The town committee shall comprise of the following members: ... reserved seats to the extent of 33% for women members. (Sindh local government act, article 18)
• Sindh: General provision for councils: For the purpose of determining the number of seats for women, youth, laborer, or peasant or non-Muslims, if the number of seats falls short of one seat, at least one shall be allocated to each council. (Sindh local government act, article 18)