Recommendation Election Legislation, women and minority seats 6,c (Electoral system) Pakistan 2002
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/PK/pakistan-final-report-national-and-provincial-1/at_download/file
The provision that the set aside seats for women and minorities are indirectly elected using a proportional system based on the number of general seats won by the each political party in combination with a 5 % of the seats threshold further increases the effect of the majority vote because in practice it excludes regional parties and independent candidates. It is therefore recommended that the 5 % threshold be abolished and a proportional system be used, based on the number of votes instead of the number of seats.
