[3] The chairman of the Senate is the first in the line of succession to the president of Pakistan, ahead of the speaker of the National Assembly.

[5] The Senate acts as a legislative institution that represents the provinces and territories of the country and promotes a feeling of equality, peace and good understanding between them, which is so essential for the growth and prosperity of a nation.

[5] Thus, the Senate in Pakistan, over the years, has emerged as an essential organ and a stabilizing factor of the federation.

This assembly passed the Objectives Resolution on 12 March 1949, laying down principles which later became substantive part of the constitution.

[6] The civil government, which came to power in December 1971 pursuant to 1970 elections, gave the nation an interim constitution in the year 1972.

[8] The president may be removed from office or impeached through a resolution, passed by not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the Parliament in a joint sitting of the two Houses, convened for the purpose.