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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں تیرہویں ترمیم) was a short-lived amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, adopted by the Parliament of Pakistan in 1997 by the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Amendments Proposal date Enactment date Full text 1st: Redefined the boundaries of Pakistan and removed references to East Pakistan.: 4 May 1974 Full Text: 2nd: Defined a Muslim and declared the status of Ahmadis as minority and 'non-Muslim'.
The amendment introduces Article 9A, which declares "[e]very person shall be entitled to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment," as a fundamental right. The package also includes abolishment of riba (usury) "as far as practicable, by the 1st of January, 2028".
The V Amendment widened the scope of restrictions in the Constitution of Pakistan on the Pakistan High Courts to strip powers of the High Courts to enforce the grants of natural fundamental rights explained in Chapter I, Part II of the Constitution. [1] This amendment also imposed the import and sales tax on the consumer product. [1]
The Fifteenth Amendment bill to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں پندرھویں ترمیم) was passed by National Assembly of Pakistan on 28 August 1998. It was then moved to the Senate , where it was never passed.
These powers included the right, expressed in sub-section 2(b) inserted into Article 58, to dissolve the National Assembly (but not the Senate) if, in his or her opinion, "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 ...
The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں سترہویں ترمیم) was an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan passed in December 2003, after over a year of political wrangling between supporters and opponents of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who in 2024 was declared a traitor by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Due to the Thirteenth Amendment removed the effective check and balance of branches of the government, the supreme court marked its reference using the "Necessitas facit licitum quod alias non-est licitum" and asserted on the right of the Superior Courts to review the orders, proceedings, acts, and legislative measures of the Musharraf regime ...