Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan 1973--Salient Features

1st AMENDMENT(1974)??Redefined Boundaries Of Pakistan

2nd AMENDMENT(1974) Declared Ahmadis As Non-Muslim.?

3rd AMENDMENT(1975)

Extend The Period Of Preventive Detention. Preventive Detention means detaining a person at an unknown place whose acts are against the integrity of the State.?

4th AMENDMENT (1975) Give Additional Seats For Minorities.

5th AMENDMENT(1976) Widened The Scope Of Restrictions On High Court.?

6th AMENDMENT(1976) The Judges Of High Court and Supreme Court?Will Retire At The Age Of 62&65 Respectively.?

7th AMENDMENT(1977) Give Powers To Prime Minister To Seek Vote Of Confidence At any Time From The People Of Pakistan.

8th AMENDMENT (1985)

Semi Presidential System Of Government Introduced From Parliamentary System Of Government to Give More Powers To the President Of Pakistan.

9th AMENDMENT (1985)

Amendment To Make Shariah Law As The Law Of The Land.?

10th AMENDMENT(1987)

Fixed The Period Of Intervals Between Sessions of the National Assembly To Not Exceed 130 days.?

11th AMENDMENT(1989) Revision Of National Seats In Both Assemblies.?

12th AMENDMENT(1991) Speedy Trial Courts Was Established For A Period Of 3yrs To Trial Offenders Of Heinous Crimes.?

13th AMENDMENT(1997) Curtail The Powers Of President To Dissolve National Assembly And Dismissing The Prime Minister.

14th AMENDMENT(1997)?

Members Of Parliament Can Be Dismissed If There Is Found Any Defect.

15th AMENDMENT(1998)

Bill To Impose Shariah Law Was Never Passed?

16th AMENDMENT(1999)

Quota System Term Increased From 20 to?40 years.?

17th AMENDMENT(2003) President Powers Increased

18th AMENDMENT(2010)

Name Of NWFP Was Changed

Famous Article 6 Of High Treason Was Introduced.

Removed The Powers Of President To Dissolve Assembly Unilaterally?

19th AMENDMENT(2010)

Islamabad High Court Was Formed

Deals With Appointment Of Judges Of Supreme Court.

20th AMENDMENT(2012)

For Free And Fair Elections.

Chief Election Commissioner Was Changed To Election Commission Of Pakistan.?

21st AMENDMENT(2015)

Military Courts Were Established After APS Massacre?

22nd AMENDMENT 2016

Changing The Eligibility Criteria For Chief Election Commissioner Of Pakistan.

Bureaucrats and Technocrats also will become members of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

23rd AMENDMENT April 2017?

In 2015, National Assembly passed the 21st Amendment and created the military courts for the period of 2 years.?

The period of two years was expired on 6th January 2017

This 23rd Amendment was passed to re-establish the military courts for further two years till 6th January 2019?

24th AMENDMENT Nov 2017?

Allow the conduct of delimitation of constituencies on the basis of provisional census results.

25th AMENDMENT??

The Merger of FATA with KPK was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain on 31-May-2018

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