Overview

• On July 22, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly elected eleven senators, boosting the ruling coalition’s total to 64 out of 96 seats in the Senate.
• The coalition’s Senate bloc includes 26 PPP members, 20 from PML-N, 12 representatives from allied parties and six independents.
• Opposition ranks feature 24 senators aligned with PTI, seven from JUI-F and one vacant seat.
• A Supreme Court decision on June 28 redistributed reserved National Assembly seats, giving the coalition a lower-house supermajority.
• Holding two-thirds majorities in both chambers allows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to pursue constitutional changes without opposition support.