Notes for Part V, Chapter 3

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]

148.

See footnote 2.