AMENDMENTS IN CONSTITUTION

THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS FROM 1947 TO 2018 IN CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN

Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan

1st Amendment (1974)

• Redefined Boundaries Of Pakistan

2nd Amendment (1974)

• Declared Ahmadis As Non-Muslims

3rd Amendment (1975)

• Extended the Period of Preventive Detention
• Preventive Detention allows detaining a person at an unknown place for acts against the integrity of the State

4th Amendment (1975)

• Provided Additional Seats for Minorities

5th Amendment (1976)

• Widened the Scope of Restrictions on High Courts

6th Amendment (1976)

• Mandated Retirement Age for Judges of High Courts (62 years) and Supreme Court (65 years)

7th Amendment (1977)

• Empowered the Prime Minister to Seek Vote of Confidence at any time from the people of Pakistan

8th Amendment (1985)

• Introduced a Semi-Presidential System of Government alongside Parliamentary System
• Increased Powers of the President of Pakistan

9th Amendment (1985)

• Aimed to make Shariah Law as the Law of the Land

10th Amendment (1987)

• Fixed the Interval between Sessions of the National Assembly to Not Exceed 130 days

11th Amendment (1989)

• Revised National Seats in both Assemblies

12th Amendment (1991)

• Established Speedy Trial Courts for a period of 3 years to trial offenders of heinous crimes

13th Amendment (1997)

• Curtailed the Powers of the President to Dissolve the National Assembly and Dismiss the Prime Minister

14th Amendment (1997)

• Enabled the Dismissal of Members of Parliament for found defects

15th Amendment (1998)

• Bill to impose Shariah Law was never passed

16th Amendment (1999)

• Increased Quota System Term from 20 to 40 years

17th Amendment (2003)

• Increased President’s Powers

18th Amendment (2010)

• Changed the Name of NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
• Introduced Article 6 on High Treason
• Removed the Powers of the President to Dissolve the Assembly Unilaterally

19th Amendment (2010)

• Formed Islamabad High Court
• Deals with Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court

20th Amendment (2012)

• Aimed for Free and Fair Elections
• Changed Chief Election Commissioner to Election Commission of Pakistan

21st Amendment (2015)

• Established Military Courts after APS Massacre

22nd Amendment (2016)

• Changed Eligibility Criteria for Chief Election Commissioner
• Bureaucrats and Technocrats became members of Election Commission of Pakistan

23rd Amendment (April 2017)

• Re-established Military Courts for two years till 6th January 2019

24th Amendment (November 2017)

• Allowed the conduct of delimitation of constituencies based on provisional census results

25th Amendment

• Signed for the Merger of FATA with KPK on 31st May 2018