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On 21 December 2010, Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms' Chairman Senator Raza Rabbani presented the draft of the 19th Amendment in the National Assembly The Amendment was Passed by the National Assembly on December 22, 2010, by the Senate on December 30, 2010 and assented by the President on January 1, 2011. ==Amendments proposed== 26 amendments to the present 6 articles constitution was proposed. The 19th Amendment has taken powers from the Chief Justice of Pakistan for the appointment of ad hoc judges and transferred them to the Judicial Council of Pakistan (JCP). The President will now carry out the appointments on the recommendation of the JCP, under the new law 4 instead of 2 most senior judges will be appointed in the JCP. The Tribal Areas, adjoining Laki Marwat and Tank districts, are declared to be part of FATA. Name of the High court of Islamabad was changed to Islamabad High Court. The 19th Amendment Bill also proposed an amendment in Article 175-A which binds the parliamentary committee to justify its decision in case it rejected any nominee of the Judicial Commission for the appointment of judges. Prime Minister was included in the appointment procedure of judges. The parliamentary committee shall send the name of the nominee confirmed by it, to the Prime Minister who shall forward it to the President. The 19th Amendment bill also proposed that committee meetings will be held in camera and a record of its proceedings shall be maintained. The parliamentary committee, Not the Parliament will be allowed to discuss and consider the conduct of judges. In the 19th Amendment bill, the constitutional reforms committee has also proposed amendments composition of judicial commission for the appointment of judges of the high court. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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