1. The 1st Amendment received the assent of the President on May 4, 1973.
2. The 2nd Amendment received the assent of the President on September 17, 1974.
3. The 2nd Amendment declares Ahmadis as non-Muslims.
4. The 3rd Amendment received the assent of the President on February 13, 1975.
5. The 4th Amendment received the assent of the President on November 21, 1976.
6. The 5th Amendment received the assent of the President on September 16, 1976.
7. The 6th Amendment received the assent of the President on December 31, 1979.
8. The 7th Amendment received the assent of the President on May 12, 1977.
9. Gen. Zia-ul-Haq introduced the Eighth Amendment in 1985.
10. The Supreme Court of Pakistan, in the case of Nusrat Bhutto vs. President of Pakistan, conferred the power to amend the constitution on the President.
11. The 10th Amendment received the assent of the President on March 25, 1985.
12. The 12th Amendment received the assent of the President on July 28, 1990.
13. The 13th Amendment received the assent of the President on April 3, 1997.
14. The 13th Amendment deals with the deletion of 58(2)(b).
15. The 14th Amendment received the assent of the President on July 3, 1996.
16. The 16th Amendment received the assent of the President on August 5, 2000.
17. The 17th Amendment received the assent of the President on December 31, 2003.
18. The 18th Amendment received the assent of the President on April 19, 2008.
19. In the 18th Amendment, Article 58 (2b) was deleted.
20. The 18th Amendment declared the Legal Framework Order, 2002, as having been made without lawful authority and of no legal effect and repealed the 17th Amendment.
21. The 19th Amendment received the assent of the President on January 1, 2011.
22. The 19th Amendment provides that the total strength of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges consists of 12 members, out of which one-third are from the Senate.
23. The 20th Amendment received the assent of the President on February 28, 2012.
24. The 20th Amendment provides that if the committee constituted by the Speaker of the National Assembly does not finalize the name of the caretaker Prime Minister, the names of the nominees shall be referred to the Election Commission for final decision within two days.
25. The 21st Amendment made amendments in Article 175 of the Constitution, which deals with judicial affairs, as well as the first schedule of the Constitution, which deals with fundamental rights.
26. The 24th Amendment is about delimitation of seats for elections in 2018.
27. The 28th Constitutional Amendment got President Mamnoon Hussain’s assent on March 31, 2017, and restored military courts for a further two years.
28. The 25th Amendment, aimed at integrating FATA with KPK, got the President’s assent on May 31, 2018.
29. The National Assembly passed the 26th Amendment bill on May 13, 2019.
30. Under the 26th Amendment, the seats of FATA in the National Assembly increased to 12.
NOTE: Key Difference:
- 2019 Amendment = Electoral representation (FATA–KP seats).
- 2024 Amendment = Judicial, environmental, and financial reforms.
31. The 26th Amendment was passed in October 2024 by the Parliament of Pakistan.
32. It added Article 9A, giving citizens the fundamental right to a clean and healthy environment.
33. It mandated the complete elimination of riba (interest) from Pakistan’s economy by January 1, 2028.
34. It reformed judicial appointments, creating a 12-member Special Parliamentary Committee to nominate the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP).
35. The Committee must pick the CJP from the three most senior judges of the Supreme Court.
36. The term of the Chief Justice of Pakistan was capped at three years.
37. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan was restructured, including members from political representation.
38. The amendment introduced performance evaluations for superior court judges.
39. It required the establishment of constitutional benches in the Supreme Court and High Courts.
40. It imposed limits on suo motu powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
41. It introduced reforms in federal judicial procedures.
42. Certain federal cantonment taxation powers were shifted into the Parliament’s legislative domain.