List of Constitutional Amendments In Pakistan

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▪ *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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