Constitution

18th Amendment came into force on April 19, 2010.

102 Articles amended in total.

The 18th amendment has brought about a change and the concurrent list has been abolished.
Now both the parliament and the provincial assemblies can enact laws on criminal laws,
code of civil procedure and the evidence act.

As per Article 160 a national Finance Commission was formed. Its main objective was to
provide a mechanism of revenue division between the
Provinces and the federation. (7th NFC Award)

Provincial Share in Federal Divisible Pool 57.5 percent

Punjab would get 51.74 percent of the Federal taxes
Sindh 24.55
Kpk 14.62
Balochistan 9.01

Important articles inserted

10A.Right to fair trial:

For the determination of his civil rights and obligations or in any criminal charge against
him a person shall be entitled to a fair trial and due process."

19A.Right to information:

25A.Right to education

Article 38 G: the shares of the Provinces in all federal services, including autonomous
bodies and corporations established by, or under the control of, the Federal Government,
shall be secured and any omission in the allocation of the shares of the Provinces in the past
shall be rectified
Deleted 58(2) (b) which said “a situation has arisen in which the Government of the
Federation cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an
appeal to the electorate is necessary.”
59. The Senate
The Senate shall consist of one-hundred and four members(previously 100 members)
Article 142. Subject matter of federal and provincial laws
In the Constitution, in Article 142,-
(i) for paragraph (b) the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(b) Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) and a Provincial Assembly shall have power to make
laws with respect to criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence."
(ii) for paragraph (c) the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(c) Subject to paragraph (b), a Provincial Assembly shall, and Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament) shall not, have power to make laws with respect to any mattter not enumerated
in the Federal Legislative List."
(ii) for paragraph (d) the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(d) Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) shall have exclusive power to make laws with respect
to all matters pertaining to such areas in the Federation as are not included in any Province.

Amendment of Article 167 of the Constitution.-(4) A Province may raise domestic or

international loan, or give guarantees on the security of the Provincial Consolidated Fund
within such limits and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the National
Economic Council.

The federal legislative list Part 2 has increased from 8 to 18 subjects. The following subjects
have been added:

1. Electricity.

2. Major ports, that is to say, the declaration and delimitation of such ports, and the
constitution and powers of port authorities therein.

3. All regulatory authorities established under a Federal law.

4. National planning and national economic coordination including planning and

coordination of scientific and technological research.

5. Supervision and management of public debt.

6. Census.

7. Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force belonging to

any Province to any area in another Province, but not so as to enable the police of
one Province to exercise powers and jurisdiction in another Province without the
consent of the Government of that Province; extension of the powers and jurisdiction
of a police force belonging to any Pronvice to railway areas outside that Province.

8. Legal, medical and other professions.

9. Standards in institutions for higher education and research, scientific and technical
institutions.

10. Inter-provincial matters and co-ordination

Important Constitutional Amendments

8th Changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential

system by giving the President a number of additional powers.
13th Stripped the President of Pakistan of his reserve power to dissolve the National
Assembly of Pakistan, and thereby triggering new elections and dismissing the Prime
Minister.
17th Made changes dealing with the office of the President and the reversal of the effects of
the Thirteenth Amendment.

19th Amendment has taken powers from the Chief Justice of Pakistan for the appointment of
ad hoc judges and transferred them to the Judicial Council of Pakistan (JCP). The President
will now carry out the appointments on the recommendation of the JCP, under the new law
4 instead of 2 most senior judges will be appointed in the JCP.

21st Military Courts

22nd ECP powers deputed to Chief Election Commissioner

23rd 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.

24th seeking provision of right to appeal to an aggrieved party against a suo motu order
under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution in the Supreme Court.

25th Climate Change and teachings of holy Quran

28th Amendment Election Act and Right of access to information Act 2017