Constitutional amendments in Pakistan Complete | Pakistan Affairs for PPSC FPSC and all Competitive Exams
▪ 1st AMENDMENT(1974)
Redefined Boundaries Of Pakistan
▪ 2nd AMENDMENT(1974)
Declared Ahmadis As Non Muslim’s.
▪ 3rd AMENDMENT(1975)
EExtendThe 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 2018
The Merger of FATA with KPK was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain on 31-May-2018.