Article 58 — Dissolution of National Assembly ................................ ................................ 30

3[58. (1) The President shall dissolve the National Assembly if so advised by the Prime Minister; and the National Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, sta nd dissolved at the expiration of forty -eight hours after the Prime Minister has so advised. Explanation .– Reference in this Article to "Prime Minister" shall not be construed to include reference to a Prime Minister against whom a notice of a resolution for a vote of no -confidence has been given in the National Assembly but has not been voted upon or against whom such a resolution has been passed or who is continuing in office after his resignation or after the dissolution of the National Assembly . (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (2) of Article 48, the President may also dissolve the National Assembly in his discretion where , a vote of no -confidence having been passed against the Prime Minister, no other member of the National Assembly command the confidence of the majority of the members of the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, as ascertained in a session of the National Assembly summoned for the purpose .] 1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighth Amdt.) Act, 1985, (18 of 1985), s. 4, for "clause (3)." 3 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2 010 (10 of 2010), s. 17, for “Article 58”. 31 59. The Senate 1[59. (1) The Senate sh all consist of one hundred and four members, of whom, — (a) fourteen shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; (b) eight shall be elected from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas , in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe ; (c) two on general seats, and one woman and one technocrat including aalim shall be elected from the Federal Capital in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe; (d) four women shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; (e) four tec hnocrats including ulema shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly ; and (f) four non -Muslims, one from each Province, shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly: Provided that paragraph (f) shall be effective from the next Senate election after the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010. (2) Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the sin gle transferable vote. (3) The Senate shall not be subject to dissolution but the term of its members, who shall retire as follows, shall be six years: - (a) of the members referred to in paragraph (a) of clause (1), seven shall retire after the expirati on of the first three years and seven shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; (b) of the members referred to in paragraph (b) of the aforesaid clause, four shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and four shall retir e after the expiration of the next three years; 1 Subs. ibid., s. 18, for “Article 59”. 32 (c) of the members referred to in paragraph (c) of the aforesaid clause, — (i) one elected on general seat shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and the other one shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; and (ii) one elected on the seat reserved for technocrat shall retire after first three years and the one elected on the seat reserved for woman shall retire after the expiration of the next three years; (d) of the m embers referred to in paragraph (d) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expirat ion of the next three years; (e) of the members referred to in paragraph (e) of the aforesai d clause, two shall retire after the expiration of the first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of the next three years ; and (f) of the members referred to in paragraph (f) of the aforesaid clause, two shall retire after the expiration of first three years and two shall retire after the expiration of next three years: Provided that the Election Commission for the first term of seats for non -Muslims shall draw a lot as to which two members shall retire after the first three years. (4) The term of office of a person elected to fill a casual vacancy shall be the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy he has filled.] 60. Chairman and Deputy Chairman