Complete List of Constitutional Amendments

 

In this article we will read about 25 amendments made in Pakistan constitution.

▪ 1st AMENDMENT(1974) 

▪Redefined Boundaries Of Pakistan

▪ 2nd AMENDMENT(1974)

▪Declared Ahmadis As Non Muslim's.

▪ 3rd AMENDMENT(1975)

▪Extend The Period Of Preventive Detention.

▪ Preventive Detention means detain a person at any unknown place whose acts are against the integrity of 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 AMENDMEND(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

▪Give More Powers To 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 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 Was 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 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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