Pakistan ‘s National Assembly today passed by two-thirds majority a package of landmark amendments aimed at stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of his sweeping powers. The ammendments also removed changes made to the constitution by former military dictators.Amid the shouting of slogans against former dictators Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf, the members of the lower house of parliament approved 102 amendments, including several that will transfer powers from the office of the President to the Prime Minister.A total of 292 lawmakers of the 342-member National Assembly voted in favour of the bill, ensuring that it was cleared by a two-thirds majority.No member opposed the bill but several abstained from the voting.Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the House after it voted in favour of the 18th amendment, the impossible has been made possible by the house today.The 18th constitutional amendment bill declared as illegal all measures taken by former President Musharraf, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 after dismissing the elected government of then premier Nawaz Sharif.The bill also removed the name of Zia-ul-Haq from the constitution.Amendments that repealed the 17th constitutional amendment and Article 58 (2b) take away the President's power to dissolve the parliament, dismiss an elected government andappoint the three service chiefs.Another amendment renamed the North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, fulfilling a long-standing demand of Pashtun nationalists.The bar on a person serving as Prime Minister for a third term was also lifted by an amendment.