Pakistan considers constitutional amendments on gender quotas

The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice has referred the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2025 which seeks to amend Article 153 to ensure women’s representation in the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to the prime minister, who heads the CCI.A separate amendment bill introduced by Senator Zeeshan Khanzada, proposing changes to Article 228 for women’s inclusion in the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), was deferred, with the committee deciding to wait for the CII’s formal feedback. [ . . . ] ”The Ministry of Law clarified that the current membership criteria are not gender-specific. However, it acknowledged that fixed representation could be mandated through legislation. The committee recommended referring the issue of Article 153 to the prime minister and also requested formal feedback from the CII on the proposed amendment to Article 228. It also discussed the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (Amendment of Article 27), introduced by Senator Mohammad Abdul Qadir, which seeks to increase the CSS quota for students from Balochistan.
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