Law of Pakistan

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The law of Pakistan is the

legal system existing in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistani law is based upon the legal system of British India; thus ultimately on the common law of England and Wales
.

History

Following the establishment of the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, the laws of the erstwhile British Raj remained in force. At no point in Pakistan's legal history was there an intention to begin the statute book afresh. The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah had a vision regarding the law of Pakistan, to implement a system in accordance to Islamic teachings, but it was never fulfilled. although it was fulfilled at the later stage when Pakistan had its first constitution in 1956. This vision, however, did have a lasting effect on later Pakistani lawmakers. During the reign of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, elements of Islamic Sharia law were incorporated into Pakistani law, leading to the institution of a Federal Shariat Court (FSC). In some Federally and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas [(FATA) and (PATA)], a system of law employing traditional methods, which persists at the local level. At this informal level, disputes are settled by a jirga, a council of tribal elders.[1][2]

Influences

The political ideology was largely sculpted by the likes of individuals such as

United States legal system, Pakistan has adopted a US-style Federal Structure. Islamic law and traditional jirga
-based law has also influenced the country's judicial development.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ponka, Rubina (2009). "Pakistan's Long March". Development and Cooperation. 36 (5). Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter-Societät: 208–210. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Law". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  3. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. II (1908), The Indian Empire, Historical, Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Pp. xxxv, 1 map, 573., pp. 59–60

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