Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan

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constitutional amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan is a landmark 2010 constitutional reform that significantly decentralized power from the federal government to the provinces and strengthened parliamentary democracy.

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Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional amendment ⓘ
abolishedList	Concurrent Legislative List NERFINISHED ⓘ
affectedArticle	Article 175A of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
affectedChapter	Part II of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
affectedNumberOfArticles	over 100 articles of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
affectedSubject	distribution of legislative powers between federation and provinces ⓘ
aim	decentralize power to provinces ⓘ reduce presidential powers ⓘ restore 1973 Constitution parliamentary character ⓘ strengthen parliamentary democracy ⓘ
alteredArticle	Article 58(2)(b) of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	2010-04-19 ⓘ
chairOfDraftingCommittee	Raza Rabbani NERFINISHED ⓘ
changedCCIStatus	made Council of Common Interests a permanent constitutional body ⓘ
changedNameOf	North-West Frontier Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterization	landmark constitutional reform ⓘ
committeeThatDrafted	Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversy	renaming of North-West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
createdBody	Judicial Commission of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment NERFINISHED ⓘ
criminalized	support for unconstitutional abrogation or suspension of the Constitution ⓘ
dateOfPassage	2010-04-08 ⓘ
dateOfPresidentialAssent	2010-04-19 ⓘ
devolvedPowerInArea	culture ⓘ education (except higher education standards) ⓘ environment ⓘ health ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
effectOnFederalism	enhanced fiscal and administrative powers of provinces ⓘ strengthened provincial autonomy ⓘ
effectOnSystemOfGovernment	shifted Pakistan towards a parliamentary system ⓘ
enhancedPowerOf	Prime Minister of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
enhancedRoleOf	Parliament of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
insertedArticle	Article 10A of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 25A of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedProvision	independent judicial commission for appointment of superior court judges ⓘ right to due process ⓘ right to fair trial ⓘ right to free and compulsory education for children aged 5 to 16 years ⓘ
judicialReviewOutcome	largely upheld by Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
legalChallenge	petitions filed in Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
limitedPowerOf	President of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
newName	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfClauses	over 100 clauses GENERATED ⓘ
opposedBy	some political groups in Hazara region ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Pakistan Peoples Party government NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidentAtAssent	Asif Ali Zardari NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinisterAtPassage	Yousaf Raza Gillani NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	National Finance Commission Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
removed	presidential power to unilaterally appoint service chiefs ⓘ
removedPower	presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly unilaterally ⓘ
repealedAmendment	Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiredCCIToMeet	at least once every ninety days ⓘ
requiredConsultationWith	Prime Minister for appointment of service chiefs ⓘ
restoredProvision	five-year term of the National Assembly ⓘ five-year term of the Provincial Assemblies ⓘ name of the country as Islamic Republic of Pakistan ⓘ requirement that dissolution of National Assembly be on advice of Prime Minister ⓘ
reversedChangesOf	Legal Framework Order 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
strengthenedArticle	Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
strengthenedFundamentalRights	education ⓘ fair trial and due process ⓘ
strengthenedInstitution	Council of Common Interests NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	major political parties of Pakistan ⓘ
transferredSubjectsTo	provinces ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Council of Common Interests → constitutionalAmendmentAffectedBy → Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ

Judicial Commission of Pakistan → establishedBy → Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ

Article 175A of the Constitution of Pakistan → introducedBy → Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ