ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Chairman of the National Reconstruction Bureau, Lt-Gen (retd) Tanvir Hussain Naqvi, announced increase in total seats of provincial assemblies on Thursday.

Talking to newsmen here at NRB office he said that percentage of women and technocrats’ seats is as per the percentage of seats in the National Assembly.

The NRB chief said that originally the number of women’s seats in Punjab Assembly was short and now a three-time increase had been made and overall disparity in seats had been removed.

Replying to a question he said that for provincial assemblies election minimum educational qualification is also graduation.

About Fata seats in provincial assemblies he said that these seat would be in addition to this new increase.—APP