Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan


The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan became a part of the Constitution of Pakistan on 7 September 1974 under the Government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It declared that Ahmadis were non-Muslims. It also made way for the establishment of a centralized citizen registry.

Article 30

Article 30 of the Second Amendment of the constitution of Pakistan related to identification and maintenance of a statistical database of the citizens of Pakistan. It was stipulated that every person should have a state-issued ID. This set the basis of Pakistan's National Identity Card system.

Article 260(3)

This states that for legal purposes the term "Muslim" does not include anyone who does not believe that Muhammad was the last prophet, and that "non-Muslim" includes anyone "of the Quadiani Group or the Lahori Group, or a Baháʼí" as well as Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians.