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Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2017

proposed legislation in Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ55608334 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2017, was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which aimed to implement changes recommended by the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms.

It was never adopted and never became part of the constitution.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2017” is proposed legislation in Pakistan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Constitution, Twenty-seventh and Amendment, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Constitution, Twenty-seventh and Amendment is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2017” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.