(1)   Pakistan shall be a Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as Pakistan.

1(2)   The territories of Pakistan shall comprise:-
(a)   the Provinces of 2[Balochistan] , the 3[Khyber Pakthunkhwa], the Punjab and 4[Sindh] ;
(b)   the Islamabad Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Capital; 5[and]

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7(c)   such States and territories as are or may be included in Pakistan, whether by accession or otherwise.

(3)   8Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) may by law admit into the Federation new States or areas on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

Amendment Notes

1 Substituted by Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), Section 2 (with effect from May 4, 1974) for :

    (2)   The Constitution shall apply to the following territories of Pakistan:
 

  (a)   the Provinces of Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier, the Punjab and Sind;
    (b)   the Islamabad Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Capital;
    (c)   the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and
    (d)   such States and territories as are or may be included in Pakistan, whether by accession or otherwise.
   
    (3)   The Constitution shall be appropriately amended so as to enable the people of the Province of East Pakistan, as and when foreign aggression in that Province and its effects are eliminated, to be represented in the affairs of the Federation.
   
    (4)   Parliament may by law admit into the Federation new States or areas on such terms, and conditions as it thinks fit.
   

2 Substituted by Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Section 3 (with effect from April 19, 2010) for "Baluchistan".
3 Substituted by Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Section 3 (with effect from April 19, 2010) for "North-West Frontier".
4 Substituted by Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Section 3 (with effect from April 19, 2010) for "Sind".
5 Inserted by Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2017 (37 of 2018), Sect. 2(i) (with effect from May 31, 2018).
6 The following was omitted by Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2017 (37 of 2018), Sect. 2(ii) (with effect from May 31, 2018) : :

    (c)   Federally Administered Tribal Areas; and

7 Renumbered from "(d)". by Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2017 (37 of 2018), Sect. 2(iii) (with effect from May 31, 2018)
8 Substituted by Revival of Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (President's Order No. 14 of 1985), Art 2, Sch. item 1 (with effect from March 2, 1985) for "Parliament".