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# Amendments Enactment date

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Redefined the boundaries of Pakistan and removed Full

1st May 4, 1974 Text
references to East Pakistan.

Defined a Muslim and declared the status Full

2nd September 7, 1974 Text
of Ahmadis as minority and 'non-Muslim'.

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3rd Extended the period of preventive detention. February 08, 1975 Text

Decreed additional seats for minorities, it also deprived

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4th courts of the power to grant bail to any person detained November 21, 1975 Text
under any preventive detention.

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5th Widened the scope of restriction on the High Courts. September 5, 1976 Text

Provided that Chief Justice of Supreme Court will be retired Full

6th December 22, 1976 Text
at the age of 65 and High Court judges at age 62.

Enables the Prime Minister to obtain a vote of confidence of Full

7th May 16, 1977 Text
the people of Pakistan.

Changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary

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8th system to a Semi-presidential system by giving the President November 11, 1985 Text
a number of additional powers.

Bill to impose Shariah law as the supreme law of land. The

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9th bill was passed by Senate but could never be passed by 1985 Not passed Text
National Assembly owing to the latter's dissolution.

Fixed the interval period between sessions of the National Full

10th March 29, 1987 Text
Assembly to not exceed 130 days.

Revision of the reserved seats for women in the National and Full
11th 1989 Not passed Text
the provincial assemblies. The bill was withdrawn in 1992.
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12th Created Speedy Trial Court for 3 years. 1991 Text

Stripped the President of Pakistan of his reserve power to

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13th dissolve the National Assembly of Pakistan, and thereby 1997 Text
triggering new elections and dismissing the Prime Minister.

Allowed members of parliament to be dismissed if they Full

14th July 3, 1997 Text
defect.

Bill to impose Shariah law as supreme law of land. Was Full

15th 1998 Not passed Text
never passed.

Increased the term appointed for quota system as per 1973 Full
16th 1999 Text
Constitution from 20 to 40 years.

Made changes dealing with the office of the President and Full
17th 2003 Text
the reversal of the effects of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Removed the power of President of Pakistan to dissolve the Full

18th April 8, 2010 Text
Parliament unilaterally.

Provided for the appointment of the Judges of the Supreme

Court of Pakistan and made amendments in the number of
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19th members of the parliamentary committee for the appointment December 22, 2010 Text
of Chief Electoral Officers at Election Commission of
Pakistan.

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20th For Free and Fair Elections.[1] February 14, 2012 Text

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21st For Speedy Trial Military Courts to deal with terrorism. January 7, 2015 Text

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22nd ECP powers deputed to Chief Election Commissioner [2] June 8, 2016 Text

The 23rd Amendment was passed to re-establish the military

23rd courts for further two years till 6th January 2019.[3] In 2015, January 7, 2017
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National Assembly passed the 21st Amendment and created Text
the military courts for the period of 2 years. The period of two
years was expired on 6th January 2017 hence this 23rd
 Amendment was passed to re-establish the military courts for
further two years till 6th January 2019. At the end of this
period all the amendments will be expired/removed
automatically.

Reallocation of National Assembly seats among federating

units and allowing election authorities to update boundaries Full
24th December 22, 2017 Text
of constituencies based on provisional results of 2017
Census of Pakistan.

Merges Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Full

25th 2018 May 31, 2018 Tex
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