- The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 336 members, before 25th amendment.
- A political party must secure 137 out of 272 direct elected seats to obtain and preserve a majority.
- 172/342 for the majority
- They used to be 342 who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities.
| Province | General | Women | Non-Muslims | Total |
| Punjab | 141 | 33 | 10 | 174 |
| Sindh | 61 | 14 | 75 | |
| KPK | 51 | 9 | 60 | |
| Balochistan | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
| Islamabad | 3 | – | 3 | |
| 272 | 60 | 10 | 342 |