<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Urdu text . Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu script . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Urdu text . Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu script . </Td> </Tr> <P> The politics of Pakistan takes place within the framework established by the constitution . The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of autonomy and residuary powers . Executive power is vested with the national cabinet which is headed by the prime minister, who works coherently along with the bicameral parliament and the judicature . Stipulations set by the constitution provide a delicate check and balance of sharing powers between executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government . </P> <P> The head of state is the president who is elected by the electoral college for a five - year term . The president was a significant authority until the 18th amendment, passed in 2010, stripped the presidency of its major powers . Since then, Pakistan has been shifted from a Semi-presidential system to a purely parliamentary government . </P>

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