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Officers and staff

Article 221

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Amended by 22nd Amendment (2016)

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Until 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] by law otherwise provides, the 2[Election Commission] may, with the approval of the President, make rules providing for the appointment by the 3[Commissioner] of officers and 4[staff] to be employed in connection with the functions of the 5* * * Election Commission and for their terms and conditions of employment. C HAPTER 2.—E LECTORAL L AWS AND C ONDUCT OF E LECTIONS

Amendment notes (5)›
  1. 1See footnote 9 on page 5, supra.
  2. 2Substituted by the Act No. 10 of 2010, section 82, for “Commissioner”.
  3. 3Subs by the Act No. 25 of 2016, section 10, for “Election Commission”.
  4. 4Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty-Second Amdt.) Act, 2016 (25 of 2016), section 10, for “servants”.
  5. 5The words “Commissioner or an” omitted by the Act No. 10 of 2010, section 82.

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Article 221 of the Constitution
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Article 221 of the Constitution (Officers and staff)
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Article 221, Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973

English text as amended up to 21 November 2025 (27th Amendment), published by Ministry of Law and Justice / National Assembly of Pakistan. The English text is authoritative. Official PDF, page 156