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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, passed in 1974, declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims for the purposes of the Constitution and law.
- What did the Second Amendment of 1974 specifically change?
- How is the Second Amendment connected to Ordinance XX of 1984?
- What was the significance of Zaheeruddin v. State (1993)?
- What earlier event prefigured the Second Amendment?

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In 1974, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government secured unanimous National Assembly passage of the Second Amendment, amending Article 260 to declare Ahmadis non-Muslims after the Special Committee heard the Ahmadiyya leadership.

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