Saturday, January 14, 2012

1973 constitution of pakistan

Pakistan 1973 constitution is divided into 12 parts, 280 articles and 7 schedules. constitution maintains parliamentary form of government and indicate clearly separation of powers like executive and judiciary. This constitution guarantees the basic rights of people.
First part deal with introduction, name of state , Islam has been declared state religion, ensure the elimination of exploitation, rights of individuals, loyalty to state and clearly define the high treason ( article 06).
2nd Part deals with fundamental rights and principles of policy. article 7 define state, 8 fundamental rights,9 security of person, 10A right to fair trial, and freedom of movement , assemble, organization , trade business or any profession, every citizen is entitled to information, freedom of religion, protection of property rights , equality of citizen , right to education , non discrimination , preservation of language, script and culture.
This part is very important because almost major rights has been guaranteed in this part. This part of constitution also deals with social justice like protection of minorities, protection of family , eradication of social evils, promoting international peace etc. It is very interesting that in Pakistan constitution was not followed in all types of crisis and even judiciary himself violate the essence and purpose of constitution.
Part 3 deals with federation of pakistan. Here it is interesting that there are many institutions constitutionally which form the federation of pakistan and first is the president and second is the parliament and third is the federal government. If we closely analyze current clash between different federating units then we can understand that basically no body is consulting constitution for solution of the crisis.
It is duty of every law abiding citizen to read and understand the constitution of his/her country but in Pakistan it is not custom to understand or follow  constitution. That is the basic reason of crisis and clash socially as well as economically. We are not following law as per its essence and nature.

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