http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-I).08
10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-I).08
Published : Mar 2022
Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition
opposition party in the Parliament towards constitutional amendments that were put forwards in Parliament bythe Pakistan Muslim League (N) as the ruling party during 2013-2018. This research article investigates theresponses and reactions of various PPP legislatures towards the constitutional amendments passed in the NationalAssembly as well as in the Senate of Pakistan. This research paper also analyzes the role of the PPP parliamentarianin the 21st, 22nd,23rd, and 31st constitutional amendments.
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Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan Peoples' party, Parliamentary Opposition, Constitutional Amendments, Government
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(1) Shaista Gohar
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Sumayya
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Tasneem Sarwat
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Gohar, S., Sumayya., & Sarwat, T. (2022). Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition. Global Legal Studies Review, VII(I), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-I).08
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CHICAGO : Gohar, Shaista, Sumayya, and Tasneem Sarwat. 2022. "Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition." Global Legal Studies Review, VII (I): 59-66 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-I).08
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HARVARD : GOHAR, S., SUMAYYA. & SARWAT, T. 2022. Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition. Global Legal Studies Review, VII, 59-66.
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MHRA : Gohar, Shaista, Sumayya, and Tasneem Sarwat. 2022. "Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition." Global Legal Studies Review, VII: 59-66
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MLA : Gohar, Shaista, Sumayya, and Tasneem Sarwat. "Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition." Global Legal Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 59-66 Print.
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OXFORD : Gohar, Shaista, Sumayya, , and Sarwat, Tasneem (2022), "Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition", Global Legal Studies Review, VII (I), 59-66
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TURABIAN : Gohar, Shaista, Sumayya, and Tasneem Sarwat. "Constitutional Amendments in PML (N)'s Government (2013-2018): Role of PPP as Major Parliamentary Opposition." Global Legal Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 59-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII-I).08