Q(ix). Write shortly about the 13th constitutional amendment.

Ans: 13th constitutional amendment:On April 1, 1997 the government got 13th amendment bill passed by the

Parliament This amendment stripped the president of his discretion to

dissolve the National Assembly as well as the governors to dissolve their

respective provincial assemblies. President’s power to appoint the Chiefs of

the Armed Forces on his discretion, without consulting the Prime Minister,

was also taken back. These extraordinary powers were not part of the

original 1973 constitution; these were rather given to the president by Gen.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq under 8th Amendment. This amendment was

welcomed as a great victory of the parliamentary democracy.

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