Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms

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parliamentary committee special committee of Parliament of Pakistan

The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms was a special multiparty body of Pakistan’s parliament tasked with drafting and negotiating major constitutional changes, including the landmark Eighteenth Amendment.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary committee ⓘ special committee of Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
aimedAt	restoring the original parliamentary character of the 1973 Constitution ⓘ reversing certain changes introduced by military regimes ⓘ strengthening parliamentary democracy in Pakistan ⓘ
chairperson	Raza Rabbani NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairpersonParty	Pakistan Peoples Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	members from both the National Assembly and the Senate ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
decisionMaking	consensus-based ⓘ
engagesWith	civil society through consultations ⓘ legal and constitutional experts ⓘ political parties represented in Parliament ⓘ
focusArea	devolution of powers to provinces ⓘ fundamental rights and civil liberties ⓘ judicial appointments framework ⓘ rebalancing powers between president and prime minister ⓘ reform of concurrent legislative list ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	constitutional reforms in Pakistan ⓘ
hasTask	drafting constitutional amendments ⓘ negotiating constitutional changes among political parties ⓘ reviewing the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
house	National Assembly of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesParty	Awami National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) NERFINISHED ⓘ Muttahida Qaumi Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan Muslim League (N) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan Muslim League (Q) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan Peoples Party NERFINISHED ⓘ smaller regional and religious parties ⓘ
isMultiparty	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
legalBasis	rules of procedure of the Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInGovernmentBranch	legislative branch of Pakistan ⓘ
notableWork	drafting the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ drafting the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
objective	build cross-party consensus on constitutional changes ⓘ enhance provincial autonomy within the federation of Pakistan ⓘ remove undemocratic distortions from the 1973 Constitution ⓘ
politicalContext	post-2008 democratic transition in Pakistan ⓘ
producedDocument	report on constitutional reforms leading to the Eighteenth Amendment ⓘ
relatedTo	Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late 2000s ⓘ
worksThrough	subcommittees and working groups on specific constitutional issues ⓘ

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Eighteenth Amendment → sponsoredBy → Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms ⓘ

subject surface form: Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan