I 4i INTRoDUCED IN'r'HE NATT0NAL AssEMBLyl

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.fnther to dmend tue ( otllitutioh Lt[ the l.rlomic Rep blic of Pokistan

WHEREAS i1 is expcdrent further to amcnd the Constitution of the Islamic Republic ol

l'.rl,.l:rn. lor tie furpos( s hcrcinalier cppcaring:
It is hcreby enactcd as lbllows:-

l. short titlc and commeDcemenl.- (l) This Act may b€ called the (--onslilution
(Amcndment) Act. 2018.

(l) Il shall come into forcc at once.

2. lnscrlior of Articlc 258 of thc Constitution.- ln thc Constiurdon of the lslamic

I{eputrlic oI P;tkiston, hcreinalicr referred to as tho Constitution. allcr Article 25A, thc following
rres Article shall he inserled. namelr: -

''258. Establishmcnt ol Women tlniversities.- T'he stalc shall take necessar,'" stcps lo
establish $omcn uni\ersiq' in each city of thc country haring population of 5.00,000 or
morc by 21120;

Prolided that a corDpletely separatc \rometr ciunpus ofa uriversity will suflice in
this rcgard:

Provided further that this Article shall not prcvent the govefirment b estohlish
uomcn unile$itics in smallcr cities.".

-1. Amendmcnt oI Articlc 5l of tbe CoDstitution.- ln lhc Constinrdon. in Articlc 5l.-

(a) in ctausc (1). lbr the exprcssion ''three hundrcd and thirty-six" thc cxpression
-thrce hun&ed and forly 4he" shall be substilulcd;

(b) in clau$€ (,1).

(i) lor rhe r{ord "len lle t\ord "fiftecn shall be substituted; and

(ii) altcr clause (4). thc frrllo\\'ing new clause. shall be inserte4 namcl]: -

"(4A) lhe mcmbersto fill thc seats referred to in clause (4) shall be
clected ttuough direct clection by c(sting froe vote by minoril]
communities in accordancc rvith law."l

(c) In claBe (6)-

(i) for paragraph (e). $e following shall be substituted, namely: -

''(e) Non-Muslim shall have the right to cast dual vote; onc vote for
general seat and second vote for reserved seat in sccordance with the lawl
and"l and

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 (ii) after Iaragraph (e), the fbllou'ing new paragraPh (0, shall be inse(ed,
namel]': -

'1I) "l)elimitatio oI constituencies lbr Nalionirl Assembl) arrd

Provhcial ,{ssemblics shall be made on Provincial basis by Election
Comnrission oflakislan as proposcd in the follo ing table: -

Province Balochistan KPK -IP,,,J,b l Sindh Toral

Nsetl&r N Irl 8 l5

4. lnscrtion of Articlc 638 of the Constitution ' In the Constitution. afler Article 6lA. thc
lollowing new Afiicle shall be inse(ed, naotely:

"618. Disqualillcatirn.- A mcrnbcr shall pcrmanently be disqualified to be clected as

member of Majlis-e'shoora (Parhamenl) or of a Provilcjnl Assembiy if he is o1ccl(d or
allcmpts to be clecte,l or elects or artempts 1r) elecl a member by wa,Y of bribery of anl l ind:

Pror,ided tha a men,ber Ivho is alrcadl a member or elected as a memher a:rd

commits ihe act ofb iben as aforesaid. shall be de scaled lofthv,ith ".

5. Amendment o[ Aricle 92 ol the Constitution.- In the Constitution. in Ardclc 92. m

clause (1), lor the cxpressir,n "and Mlmstcrs of Slate" the exPression '', Minislcrs of Sule zlrd
Parlrcmentary Secrelaries' .'hall bc substrluled

6. .\mendmenf of Arlicle 106 of the ConstitutioD.- In the Corlslitttlion, in clausc al), lbr
thc Lable, lhe lollouing shal bc subsljtutcd, nanrelyi_

(icneral Scats Non-Muslims lL,tal

!jalochlstan 51 11 04 66
Khyber Pakitunkhwa 99 22 04 I2:;
jqLnb 297 l0 l7.i
Siudh l:10 29 l'{ )l\ .
ST,I.TEMI]N-I' OF oB.]I]CTS AND RE-ASONS

Tbc women arc m(st ncglccted segnlcnt \lf Pakista sociel) Thcrc is no conccpt of
\\omc[ cmpoweflncnt witlLout higher education. So. inserlion ol Anic]o 25B will opcn n,:w

alcnucs for uomen educati,)n and empowerment.

Under Anicle i6 ol the Conslilution- thc State is obl:ged to saleguard the lcgitimrtc
ritshls and interssts ofmincritics. Present!y undet.Atticle 5l(4) ofthe Constitution. ten seats ire
rcselved for non Muslims in the National -4.ssembl). As regards seats lor non_N4uslims in
Ilrorincial Asserrblics. un(ler Articlc 106 ol lhe CoDstitution, three seats are resen'ed in he
I'ro\incial , .ssembly of Brdochistan, three iD Kh_vher Pakhtunkhwa, eight in Punjab and n ne

seats in the Provincral Asserrbll ofSindh. fhese seats were addedr'increased long back.

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 There were ten resened soats for non-lvluslims whcn the numbers of geneEl seats \+ere
207 Vhen general seats wcre increased to 2'72 it 2002, the number of seats rescrved for non-
\luslims remajned thc same. i.e. 10. Minodty community snongly leels that minorit)'s
represenulion in National 4nd Proviocial assemblics may bc increased according to the
proporlion to the population of non-Muslims.

I)irect Elcctor.te Instead ofChoosing lrom Pxrty List:

By choosing form party list the minority commudt,v has no say in as lo who occupics the
I0 rcserved scats in the National Assembl.y. Ilrstead- these seals become a tool for victorious
panics to pick thcir favorites. l{oreoler, ihere rs IJaBile rcladon bettveen these elccted and
rescncd seats and those *ho active mcmbcr ofthe minoriq, cornrnunity
Sensing the sentimcnts ofthe uriloriq comrnunities in Pakistan it s time to end lhc pan)
lisl systen. Changing the election proccdure of rcscn'od seats of Non-Muslim is no1 a neu
phcromenon. ln 1985. separale eleclorate wos inEoduced for non-Muslim and on the basis of
scpatatc clcctoratc five electiors were held which uerc lotally Dbolished tn 2002. On 1op of that,

in lhe Clohal community religrous and ethnic minority oommunilics are rcprosented in the
parliaorcnt throuSh direct clection. laking example of Jordan, Lebanon, lndia. New Zealand,
Fiji. (lruatia. Iran and Belgrum where religious atrd ethnic m,norities arc elected through direct
elcctoratc,

Dual Vole Systam for non-Muslims

Bcsides changiag the ele,ltion criteria of resened scats for non-Muslims- it is also
proposcd to givc lhc right Io thc Eon-Muslims to cast double vot€. 'Ihis mea$ dual fianchise and

cnables non-Muslims lo cast one 1o!e to a gencml seal candidale and the seaond to a member of
thcir o\n cornmunity. This w!! thc) \rould remain intcgrated uith the mainstream F)litics alld
truc represcntatives oftheir comrnunilies \lould surface. The representativc r*ould be aru*emble
to thcir communjly and take kccn intercst in Lhe uclfare and devclopment of tbeir communilies.
Ihc argumont ofdoublc vote cites thc examplc of tle restdcnts of Az-ad Jammu & Kashmir who
cast votes both in their AJK hometowD constjtuencies and in P:rlistani constituencies where they

rcsidc.

Conslituency on DivisioDrl B{sis:

For clcction on reserved seats for non-Muslims thc delimjtation of consti tucncies may be

ma(ic on divisional basis hy the l..leotion Commission of Pakistan- The number of Divisions
included in each constituency shall bc on Lhe basrs ol Non-Muslim Fnpulation, so irs to make a
lotal of l5 constitucncies forthc National Asscmblies.
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 Using the same mech€nism 4 consliiuencies shall be lbrmcd iu Balochistan, 4 in KPK, l0
in Punjab. and 14 in Sindh {or Provincial ,\sscmblies. Sincc 2002 lhe clecroml role in general
electior do not idcntifu r,oter by their religiorr. In this regard NADR.{ is thc only soulce 10 tracli
d(,wn Non-Muslim populatron in all divisions ol Pakistan bccausc NADIdA. has dooumcntcd th,r
rcligion ol every cilizcn who applics for NADRA Cr\vlc

In order 1i) bang falsparencl in thc election process, especially. for those o[ rcservcd
seats lor Minorities- Womc l and clcctron of Scnate of Pakislal. insertion of Articlc 6l-8 s

nccessan. Srnrilarlr'- to prornote lhe culture o1-honesq. kansparenc!, merit and fair play, in
gencral. iD the countr]... this r,msndmenl \vlll pla} vtlal rolc.

Afliclc 92 ofthe Corstiturion cxplains the proccdure ofappointment ofFederal -\,1inis1:r

and lvlinisters of State lom amongst thc nlembcrs of Parliamcnt. Ihe Constitution of lslanric
Republic of Pakistan iloes not sxplain the appointment method of thc Parliamentarl Secretarir's.
On thc other hand. cvery Gt vernment appoints Pa-rLamcntar) Secrctaries who work as a Minislcr

in fie august House, during the session Such appoiutments of l'arliamentary Secretaries cre not

in conlbrmity of the (:onslitulioil ln order to remove such legal ambiguity it is nocessary to

makc adequate amcndment in the (lonstitution as proposud.

sd/_
Dr. Rrm€sh Kumar Vankwani,
Member, Nrtionsl Assemhl-t

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