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Status: In force. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in May 2018. Under the amendment, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) are to be merged with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Bill to impose Shariah law as supreme law of land. Was never passed. 1998 Not passed Full Text: 16th: Increased the term appointed for quota system as per 1973 Constitution from 20 to 40 years. 1999 Full Text: 17th: Made changes dealing with the office of the President and the reversal of the effects of the Thirteenth Amendment. 2003 Full Text ...
The Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئینِ پاکستان ; ISO: Āīn-ē-Pākistān), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. The document guides Pakistan's law, political culture, and system. It sets out the state's outline, the fundamental rights of the population, the state's law and orders, and also the ...
The Fundamental Rights in Pakistan encompass individual rights that are fundamental in many liberal democracies. These rights include essential principles such as equality before the law, freedom of speech and expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, and the freedom to practice religion. Violations of these rights may lead to ...
Dosso vs Federation of Pakistan. In Dosso's case (1958), the Pakistan Supreme Court used jurist Hans Kelsen's theory that a revolution can be justified when the basic norm underlying a Constitution disappears and a new system is put in its place. When revolution came then the old system will be replaced with new system.
While the tradition of British law culture continues to remain an integral part of the judiciary, the modern existence of the Supreme Court of Pakistan came when the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan was promulgated on 23 March 1956.: 10–11 [8]: 24–26 [9] The ratification of the Constitution of Pakistan reestablished the Supreme ...
Politics of Pakistan. The Twentieth Amendment Bill to the Constitution of Pakistan ( Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں بیسویں ترمیم) was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on February 14, 2012. It was then moved to upper house, Senate where it was passed on February 20, 2012 and signed by the President on February 28, 2012.
History. Pakistan was the first South Asian country to enact a law on freedom of information,it has passed the Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance at the Federal level in 1997. This Ordinance was later revoked and a new Freedom of Information Ordinance was issued in 2002, which has a legal status to this day as it was covered under the 17th ...