PRODA or Public and Representative Office Disqualification Act, initially passed in 1949, was a notorious act
In March 1959, the martial law administration of General Ayub Khan promulgated the Public Offices (Disqualification) Order patterned after the often misused PRODA
The President will now carry out the appointments on the recommendation of the JCP, under the new law 4 instead of 2 most senior judges will be appointed in the JCP.
19th Amendment was passed by the National Assembly on December 22, 2010,
and Senate on December 30, 2010, respectively.
19th Amendment became part of the Constitution after the assent of President Asif Ali Zardari on January 1, 2011.
