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4. No action, prosecution or other judicial proceeding may be instituted against any authority or person by reason of orders, proceedings or acts, whether in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers referred to in paragraph 2 or in the execution or execution of orders or judgments rendered in the exercise or presumed exercise of those powers. A brief history in the constitutional game Pakistan`s judiciary withdrew from political actors even before the constitution. Before the first constituent assembly, established by the Independence Act of 1947, could promulgate a constitution, it was dissolved by the Governor-General in 1954; The law was challenged and the Sindh High Court ruled that it was illegal, but the decision was overturned by the Federal Court. The Constituent Assembly was re-established in 1955 and promulgated the first constitution in 1956. In 1958, however, the imposition of martial law undermined the status of the constitution. When the case went to the Supreme Court, he again gave the military the green light by declaring that the effect of martial law was to suspend the constitution and the existing legal order. The new president, General Muhammad Ayub Khan, was free to take full control and introduce a new constitution in 1962. “(6) If a seat reserved for women or non-Muslims in the National Assembly or in a provincial assembly becomes vacant as a result of the death, resignation or disqualification of a member, it shall be filled by the following person in order of rank on the list of candidates of the party submitted to the Electoral Commission for the last general election by the political party whose member left that seat. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان), also known as the Constitution of 1973, is the supreme law of Pakistan.

[1] It was drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with the additional support of the country`s opposition parties, adopted by parliament on 10 April and ratified on 14 August 1973. [2] The constitution is intended to guide the law, political culture and system of Pakistan. When General Yahya Khan became president, he bowed to popular demands by abolishing the unity system in West Pakistan and ordering general elections based on the principle of “one man, one vote”. [17] [18] Unlike previous documents, the Constitution cannot be amended, but constitutional amendments are adopted; to change its effect. [7] Constitutional amendments are made by Parliament, where a two-thirds majority and a vote in both chambers are required for a constitutional amendment to enter into force in accordance with the Constitution. [58] In addition, certain amendments concerning the federal nature of the Constitution must be ratified by a majority of state legislators. [59] “(3) If a bill is referred to the Mediation Committee in accordance with subsection 2, the Mediation Committee shall formulate a consensual bill within ninety days, which should be adopted by both parties. The chambers of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) and submit the approved bill separately to each house, and if both houses adopt the bill, it will be submitted to the President for approval. Naeem Shakir, Lawyer, Lahore High Court, Pakistan The Legal Framework Ordinance, or LFO as it is commonly known, has been criticized inside and outside Pakistan for the amendments it made to the 1973 Constitution in 2002, although it is only the latest in a seemingly endless series of challenges and amendments to the Constitution.

Indeed, the current military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, took power in 1999 from an elected government that single-handedly made 29 constitutional amendments. However, the LFO gained notoriety by institutionalizing the military`s role in national politics and administration, allowing one person to be both chief executive and president. On 24 August 2002, President Musharraf issued the Legislative Framework Order of 2002, which announced the holding of general elections for the national and provincial assemblies in October 2002. The constitutional provisions have been amended to ensure a smooth and orderly transition of power from the Chief Executive to the newly elected Prime Minister after the elections. The military government and President Yahya himself made no effort to draft a constitution, except for extrajudicial order in 1970. [18] Throughout the country, it was expected that a National Assembly would be established through free and fair elections.