Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Joined the Commonwealth: 14 August 1947 

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1991 

Capital City/Seat of Parliament: Peshawar  

Unicameral/Bicameral:  Unicameral (124) 

Parliament/Legislature website: https://www.pakp.gov.pk/ 

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 32

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: House and Library; Procedure & Conduct of Business Rules, Privileges and Implementation of Government Assurances.

Articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian: 2019 Issue One – 'Increasing the Numbers of Women in Pakistan: A Perspective from Pakistan' by Meraj Hamayun Khan, Former Legislator
• The Parliamentarian: 2018 Issue Two – 'The Malala Debate: A View from Pakistan' by Meraj Hamayun Khan, MPA - Chairperson, Women Parliamentary Caucus, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
• The Parliamentarian: 2016 Issue Four – 'In Search of Identity' by Meraj Hamayun Khan MPA

Recent CPA Programmatic Activities/News:

• In 2021, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians from the CPA Asia Region, including the CPA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Branch, joined the discussion on how Commonwealth Parliaments can effectively establish gender sensitive practices as the CWP network hosted its virtual roundtable on gender sensitive Parliaments.
• In 2019, the Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Hon. Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani, alongside Parliamentarians from the CPA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Branch, attended the 5th CPA Asia Regional Conference on the theme of ‘Envisioning Parliamentary Paths towards a Diverse and Developed South Asia'.