During the Nawaz‑led Parliament of spring 1997 which amendment principally deleted the discretionary presidential dissolution latitude popularly debated as Clause 58(2)(b)?
Q1. During the Nawaz‑led Parliament of spring 1997 which amendment principally deleted the discretionary presidential dissolution latitude popularly debated as Clause 58(2)(b)?
Answer: The Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment
Explanation: The Thirteenth Amendment, passed in April 1997 by Nawaz Sharif's government shortly after its landslide election win, deleted Article 58(2)(b) which had allowed the President to dissolve the National Assembly at discretion. This removed a major extra-parliamentary check that had been used four times since 1988 to dismiss elected governments.