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Notes for Part V, Chapter 3

147.
Article 152-A was omitted by the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003, section 5 after being inserted by the Legal Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24, Art 3(1), sched. item 17) and read as follows:
"152A. National Security Council.
(1) There shall be a National Security Council to serve as a forum for consultation on strategic matters pertaining to the sovereignty, integrity and security of the State; and the matters relating to democracy, governance and inter-provincial harmony.
 
(2) The President shall be the Chairman of the National Security Council and its other members shall be the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Senate, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, the Chief Ministers of the Provinces, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the Chiefs of Staff of the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force.
 
(3) Meetings of the National Security Council may be convened by the President either in his discretion, or on the advice of the Prime Minister, or when requested by any other of its members, [147A][regularly].
Prior to this, Article 152-A was omitted by the Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1985, section 18 (with effect from November 9, 1985) after being inserted by P.O.No.14 of 1985 Art 2 and Sch. item 32 (with effect from March 2 1985), and read as follows:
"152A.
(1) There shall be a National Security Council to make recommendations relating to the issue of a Proclamation of Emergency under Article 232, security of Pakistan and any other matter of national importance that may be referred to it by the President in consultation with the Prime Minister.
(2) The National Security Council shall consist of the President, the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Senate, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Chiefs of Staff of the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy and the Pakistan Air Force, and the Chief Ministers of the Provinces."
147A.
Substituted for the words "within the time frame indicated by him" Legal Framework (Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 29 of 2002) [by amending the Legal Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24 of 2002) Sched. item 17]

147B
Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 54(i)), with effect from April 19th, 2010, for the following:
(2) The members of the Council shall be-
(a) the Chief Ministers of the Provinces, and
(b) an equal number of members from the Federal Government to be nominated by the Prime Minister from time to time.

147C.
Clause (3), which read as follows, omitted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 54(ii)), with effect from April 19th, 2010:
(3) The Prime Minister. if he is a member of the Council. shall be the Chairman of the Council but, if at any time he is not a member, the President may nominate a Federal Minister who is a member of the Council to be its Chairman.

148.
The words "Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)" were substituted for the word "Parliament" by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.No.14 of 1985) Art 2 and Sch item 1.

148A.
Inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 54(iii)), with effect from April 19th, 2010.

148B.
Clause (1) substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 55(i)), with effect from April 19th, 2010, for the following:
(1) The Council shall formulate and regulate policies in relation to matters in Part II of the Federal Legislative List and, in so far as it is in relation to the affairs of the Federation, the matter in entry 34 (electricity) in the Concurrent Legislative List, and shall exercise supervision and control over related institutions.

148C.
Clauses (2) and (3) inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 55(ii)), with effect from April 19th, 2010.

148D.
Clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) renumbered as (4), (5), (6), (7) respectively by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 55(ii)), with effect from April 19th, 2010.

148E.
Inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 56), with effect from April 19th, 2010.

148F.
Article 156 substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 57), with effect from April 19th, 2010, for the following:
156. National Economic Council.
(1) The President shall constitute a National Economic Council consisting of the Prime Minister, who shall be its Chairman. and such other members as the President may determine:
Provided that the President shall nominate one member from each Province on the recommendation of the Government of that Province.
(2) The National Economic Council shall review the overall economic condition of the country and shall, for advising the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments, formulate plans in respect of financial, commercial, social and economic policies; and in formulating such plans, it shall be guided by the, Principles of Policy set out in Chapter 2 of Part II.

148G.
Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 58(i)), with effect from April 19th, 2010, for the full-stop.

148H.
Proviso inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 58(i)), with effect from April 19th, 2010.

148I.
Clause (3) inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Article 58(ii)), with effect from April 19th, 2010.
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