Executive Authority | MCQs

Explanation

Senate chairman as acting president of Pakistan in absence of president

 Speaker national assembly as acting Prime Minister of Pakistan in the absence of PM

Explanation

Explanation

• The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 8, 2010, removing the power of the President of Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally, turning Pakistan from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary republic.
• The 17th Amendment, passed in December 2003, had the opposite effect, giving the President the authority to dissolve the National Assembly.