Provincial Assembly of Punjab

Joined the Commonwealth: 14 August 1947 

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1954 

Capital City/Seat of Parliament: Lahore 

Unicameral/Bicameral:  Unicameral (371) 

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

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 40

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees:

i. Committee on Privileges
ii. Committee on Law Reforms and Delegated Legislation
iii. Committee on Government Assurances
iv. House and Library Committee
v. Finance Committee
vi. Business Advisory and Ethics Committee

Recent CPA Programmatic Activities/News:

• In 2019, Hon. Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Speaker of the Punjab Assembly alongside Parliamentarians from the CPA Punjab Branch, attended the 5th CPA Asia Regional Conference on the theme of ‘Envisioning Parliamentary Paths towards a Diverse and Developed South Asia.'
• In 2021, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians from the CPA Asia Region, including the CPA Punjab 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 2024, Hon. Khurram Ijaz Chattha, MPA, a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in Pakistan was announced as the recipient of the 2024 Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year Award in recognition of his parliamentary service and promoting good governance. Click here to read more.
• In 2024, the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Hon. Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, participated in the CPA General Assembly in New South Wales during the topical debate ‘Votes vs Likes – the Role of Parliament in Strengthening Democratic Resilience in an Age of Fake News and Synthetic Media’.

Forthcoming Events:

• In February 2025, the First Joint CPA Asia and CPA South-East Asia Regional Conference will be hosted by the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Pakistan).

Articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2024 Issue Four - 'An Inclusive Assembly: Reforms at the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in Pakistan' by the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly, Hon. Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, MPA
• The Parliamentarian 2009 Issue Three - 'Tracing the history of the Punjab Provincial Assembly' by Miss Abeeda Haroon and Mr Khalid Mahmood