Khan used his powers to block both Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif from decreasing the powers of the President, and ultimately used the 8th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan[1] to dismiss them both from power on separate occasions. read more
The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں اٹھارہویں ترمیم) 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, and renaming North-West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. read more