Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms

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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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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 ⓘ
chairpersonParty Pakistan Peoples Party ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Senate of Pakistan ⓘ
includesParty Awami National Party ⓘ
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) ⓘ
Muttahida Qaumi Movement ⓘ
Pakistan Muslim League (N) ⓘ
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) ⓘ
Pakistan Peoples Party ⓘ
smaller regional and religious parties ⓘ
isMultiparty true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legalBasis rules of procedure of the Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
timePeriod late 2000s ⓘ
worksThrough subcommittees and working groups on specific constitutional issues ⓘ

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Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan → sponsoredBy → Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms ⓘ
subject linked to: Eighteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan → committeeThatDrafted → Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms ⓘ