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Quaid-e-Azam M.A.Jinnah's address to the Constituent Assembly -August 11, 1947

On October 12, 1999, the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was removed from power by the Armed Forces led by General Pervez Musharraf. The Constitution is "in abeyance" as of October 12, 1999. A Provisional Constitution Order has been issued.

General Musharraf's Addresses to the Nation October 13, 1999 October 17, 1999

Proclamation of Emergency Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 1999

Other Orders issued after October 12, 1999

Preamble Part I: Introductory  [Articles 1-6]  Part II: Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy  [Articles 7-40] Chapter 1: Fundamental Rights  [Articles 8-28]  Chapter 2: Principles of Policy  [Articles 29-40] Part III: The Federation of Pakistan  [Articles 41-100] Chapter 1: The President  [Articles 41-49] Chapter 2: Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) [Articles 50-89] Chapter 3: The Federal Government  [Articles 90-100] Part IV: Provinces  [Articles 101-140] Chapter 1: The Governors  [Articles 101-105] Chapter 2: Provincial Assemblies  [Articles 106-128] Chapter 3: The Provincial Governments [Articles 129-140] Part V: Relations between Federation and Provinces  [Articles 141-159] Chapter 1: Distribution of Legislative Powers [Articles 141-142] Chapter 2: Administrative Relations between the Federation and Provinces [Articles 145-152] Chapter 3: Special Provisions  [Articles 152A-159] Part VI: Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits  [Articles 160-174] Chapter 1: Finance  [Articles 160-165A] Chapter 2: Borrowing and Audit  [Articles 166-171] Chapter 3: Property, Contracts, Liabilities and Suits  [Articles 172-174] Part VII: The Judicature  [Articles 175-212B] Chapter 1: The Courts  [Article 175] Chapter 2: The Supreme Court of Pakistan [Articles 176-191] Chapter 3: The High Courts  [Articles 192-203] Chapter 3A: Federal Shariat Court  [Articles 203A-203J] Chapter 4: General Provisions Relating to the Judicature  [Articles 204-212B] Part VIII: Elections  [Articles 213-226] Chapter 1: Chief Election Commissioner and Elections Commissions  [Articles 213-221] Chapter 2: Electoral Laws and Conduct of Elections [Articles 222-226] Part IX: Islamic Provisions  [Articles 227-231] Part X: Emergency Provisions  [Articles 232-237] Part XI: Amendment of Constitution  [Articles 238-239] Part XII: Miscellaneous  [Articles 240-280] Chapter 1: Services  [Articles 240-242] Chapter 2: Armed Forces  [Articles 243-245] Chapter 3: Tribal Areas  [Articles 246-247] Chapter 4: General  [Articles 248-259] Chapter 5: Interpretation  [Articles 260-264] Chapter 6: Title, Commencement and Repeal [Articles 265-266] Chapter 7: Transitional  [Articles 267-280]

Annex The Objectives Resolution Schedules First Schedule: Laws exempted from the operation of Article 8(1) and (2) Second Schedule: Election of President Third Schedule: Oaths of Office Fourth Schedule: Legislative Lists Fifth Schedule: Remuneration and Terms and Conditions of Service of Judges Sixth Schedule: Laws not to be Altered, Repealed or Amended without the Previous Sanction of the President Seventh Schedule: Laws to be amended in the manner provided for amendment of the Constitution Amendments First Amendment (1974) Second Amendment (1974) Third Amendment (1975) Fourth Amendment (1975) Fifth Amendment (1976) Sixth Amendment (1976) Seventh Amendment (1976) Eighth Amendment (1985) Ninth Amendment (1985) Tenth Amendment (1987) Twelfth Amendment (1991) Thirteenth Amendment (1997) Fourteenth Amendment (1997) Sixteenth Amendment (1999) Presented in National Assembly on January 7, 1999. [Dawn Report] Passed by the Senate on June 3, 1999. [Dawn Report] [The News Report] Passed by the National Assembly on July 27, 1999. [Dawn Report] [The News Report] Orders Affecting the Constitution [1977-1985] Follow this link for the Orders issued during the Martial Law regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq that affected the Consitution. Proposed Amendments Eleventh Amendment (withdrawn, never passed) Fifteenth Amendment (1998) As presented in National Assembly on August 29, 1998 As presented in and passed by the National Assembly on October 9, 1998 M. Ziauddin's article from Dawn (October 10, 1998) on the requirements for the Bill to become part of the Constitution

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