Administrative Provisions in the Constitution of Pakistan (1973 Constitutions)

Article: 3 Elimination (Removal) of exploitation (misuse, abuse)

3. Elimination of exploitation.-The State shall ensure the elimination of all forms of
exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according to his
ability, to each according to his work.
Leading & Latest Cases on Article 3 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973:
P L D 1976 ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE
NIZAM KHAN
LAHORE 930 LYALLPUR AND OTHERS
P L D 1976 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
MUHAMMAD SULEMAN
LAHORE 1250 AND OTHERS
P L D 1988 SC FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN AND
BENAZIR BHUTTO
416 OTHERS
P L D 1997  ABDUL RAHIM AND 2  MESSRS UNITED BANK LTD OF
KARACHI 62 OTHRS PAKISTAN
PHILIPS ELECTRICAL
2000 YLR 2724 INDUSTRIES OF PAKISTAN  PAKISTAN AND OTHERS
LTD
  GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
P L D 2005 SC ARSHAD MEHMOOD AND
THROUGH SECRETARY, TRANSPORT
193 OTHERS
CIVIL
2006 MESSRS NOBEL ENTERPRISES STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
YLR THROUGH MIAN MUHAAMMAD THROUGH CHIEF MANAGER AND
619 SHAFIQ ANOTHER
2009
CLD  MUHAMMAD UMAR RATHORE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
257

Article - 4 Right of individuals to be dealt with in accordance with law, etc

4. Right of individuals to be dealt with in accordance with law, etc.-
(1) To enjoy the protection of law and to be treated in accordance with law is the inalienable
(absolute, unchallengeable, undeniable) right of every citizen, wherever he may be and of every
other person for the time being within Pakistan.
(2) In particular-
(a) no action detrimental (harmful, damaging) to the life, liberty, body, reputation or property of
any person shall be taken except in accordance with law;
(b) no person shall be prevented from or be hindered in doing that which is not prohibited by
law; and
(c) no person shall be compelled to do that which the law does not require him to do.
Leading & Latest Cases on Article 4 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
P L D 1972 SC 139
ASMA JILANI AND ANOTHER
P L D 1976
NIZAM KHAN ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE
LAHORE 930
LYALLPUR AND OTHERS
 FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN  UNITED SUGAR MILLS LTD.
P L D 1977 SC 397
AND OTHERS KARACHI
P L D 1978 ABDUR REHMAN AND AMIR ALI SHAH BOKHARI AND
LAHORE 113 OTHERS OTHERS
P L D 1990  GHAYYUR HUSSAIN SHAH
 GHARIB ALAM
LAHORE 432 AND ANOTHER
DR. AMANULLAH KHAN
1996 SCMR 1211 CHAIRMAN, MEDICAL RESEARCH
AND ANOTHER
  COUNCIL AND 3 OTHERS
SHAUKAT ALI MIAN AND
1999 CLC 607 THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
ANOTHER
PLD 2000 FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN AND 3
MRS. SHAHIDA FAISAL
LAHORE 508 OTHERS
PHILIPS ELECTRICAL
2000 YLR 2724 INDUSTRIES OF PAKISTAN PAKISTAN AND OTHERS
LTD.
BORDER AREA COMMITTEE
P L D 2004 MST. RASHIDA BIBI AND
THROUGH SECRETRY, BOARD OF
LAHORE 86 ANOTHER
REVENUE,
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
P L D 2004
 AAMIR KHALIL THROUGH DIRECTOR-GENERAL
PESHAWAR 251
A.N.F.,
 SHAFIQUE AHMED AND  GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB AND
P L D 2004 SC 168
OTHERS OTHERS

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 2004 SC MIAN MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ
THROUGH SECRETARY,
583 SHARIF
MINISTRY
VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY
2005 YLR 177 YASIR KHAN
OF PUNJAB, LAHORE
DEPUTY DISTRICT OFFICER
2005 YLR 264 ABDUL REHMAN CHAUDHRY (REVENUE) LAHORE CANTT AND
2 OTHER
P L D 2007
FAISAL THE STATE
KARACHI 544
 MS SALMA
 FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
2009 CLD 682 IQBAL CHUNDRIGAR AND
THROUGH SEC. MINISTRY
OTHERS
 CANTONMENT BOARD MALIR
2009 YLR 1582  DR. SYED SHAMIM UR REHMAN
THROUGH EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF
2009 YLR 2000  PAKISTAN REFINERY LIMITED CHOUEIFAT THROUGH
PRINCIPAL OFFICER
P L D 2010 SC  DR. MOBASHIR HASSAN &  FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN &
1 OTHERS OTHERS

Article - 6 High treason

6.  High treason (the crime of betraying one’s country).—

(1)     Any person who abrogates (repeal, cancel) or subverts (destabilize) or suspends or holds in
abeyance (a state of temporary disuse or suspension), or attempts or conspires (make secret plans jointly) to
abrogate or subvert or suspend or hold in abeyance, the Constitution by use of force or show of
force or by any other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason.]
(2) Any person aiding or abetting (assisting) 2[or collaborating] the acts mentioned in clause (1)
shall likewise be guilty of high treason.
3
[(2A) An act of high treason mentioned in clause (1) or clause (2) shall not be validated
(legalized) by any court including the Supreme Court and a High Court.]
(3) 4[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] shall by law provide for the punishment of persons found
guilty of high treason.

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :

RAJA NADIR PERVAIZ KHAN AND
1986 CLC 1464 MIAN ZAHID SARFARAZ
OTHER
P L D 1989 SHARAF FARIDI AND FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
KARACHI 404 OTHERS PAKISTAN
P L D 1993 SC MUHAMMAD NAWAZ
PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN AND OTHERS
473 SHARIF
P L D 1999 SC SH. LIAQUAT HUSSAIN FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through
504 AND OTHERS Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliament
P L D 2005 SC
719

P L D 2009 SC 879

Article: 9 Security of person

9. Security of person.-No person shall be deprived of life or liberty saves in accordance with
law.
Leading & Latest Cases on Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
GOVERNMENT OF
AZIZULLAH MEMON AND
P L D 1993 SC 341 BALUCHISTAN AND
OTHERS
OTHERS
WAPDA (WORKS AND POWER
P L D 1994 SC 693  SHEHLA ZIA AND OTHERS
DEVELOPMENTS AUTHORITY)
CHAIRMAN, MEDICAL
DR. AMANULLAH KHAN
1996 SCMR 1211 RESEARCH COUNCIL AND 3
AND ANOTHER
OTHERS
P L D 1996 LAHORE  MST. AMEER BANO S.E. HIGHWAYS
592
MST. NASREEN RIAZ AND LAHORE DEVELOPMENT
1998 CLC 1099
ANOTHER AUTHORITY
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1998 SC 1445 MEHRAM ALI AND OTHERS
AND OTHERS
 PROVINCE OF SINDH AND
2001 YLR 1139  SHEHRI AND OTHERS
OTHERS

PLD 2003 LAHORE AHMAD ABDULLAH AND 62 GOVERNMENT OF THE

752 OTHERS PUNJAB

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB,
P L D 2007 LAHORE SYED MANSOOR ALI SHAH THROUGH HOUSING,
403 AND 4 OTHERS PHYSICAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PLN
 MUHAMMAD AND AHMAD
 GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
P L D 2007 LAHORE (CORPORATE AND TAX
THROUGH SECRETARY HOME
346 COUNSEL) THROUGH
AND 6 OTHERS
MUHAMMAD AZHAR
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
P L D 2007 LAHORE
MAMOONA SAEED THROUGH SECRETARY, HOME
128
DEPARTMENT AND 2 OTHERS
 
P L D 2007 KARACHI
 FAISAL  THE STATE
544
 
PROVINCE OF SINDH
P L D 2007 KARACHI
IMDAD HUSSAIN THROUGH SECRETARY TO
116
GOVERNMENT OF SINDH
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
EJAZ AKBAR KASI AND
P L D 2011 SC 22 AND BROADCASTING AND
OTHERS
OTHERS
 DR. MUHAMMAD ASLAM  S.S.P. (OPERATIONS)
P L D 2013 SC 188
KHAKI AND OTHERS RAWALPINDI AND OTHERS

 
SYED MAHMOOD AKHTAR FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 2013 SC 195
NAQVI AND OTHERS AND OTHERS

Article: 12 Protection against retrospective punishment

12. Protection against retrospective punishment.-(1) No law shall authorize (approve) the
punishment of a person-
(a) for an act or omission that was not punishable by law at the time of the act or omission; or
(b) for an offence by a penalty greater than, or of a kind different from, the penalty prescribed by
law for that offence at the time the offence was committed.

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 12 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973:

1978 SCMR 292  ABDUL REHMAN  THE STATE
PLD 2000 LAHORE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
MRS. SHAHIDA FAISAL
508 AND 3 OTHERS
P L D 2001 KARACHI  HUSSAIN ABDULLAH
 THE STATE
283 SALUM
P L D 2001 SC 7 ANWAR SAIFULLAH KHAN THE STATE AND 3 OTHERS

P L D 2006 KARACHI
CAPTAIN S.M. ASLAM THE STATE AND 2 OTHERS
221

P L D 2006 LAHORE ABDUL SHAKOOR AND 3

RANA ABDUL GHAFFAR
64 OTHERS

P L D 2007
JAN PERVEZ HAJI FAZAL HUSSAIN & ORS
PESHAWAR 179

Article: 13 Protection against double punishment and self-incrimination (admission of

guilt)
13. Protection against double punishment and self-incrimination.-No person-
(a) shall be prosecuted or punished for the same offence more than once; or
(b) shall, when accused of an offence, be compelled to be a witness against himself.

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 13 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :

 ABDUL BASEER QURESHI
P L D 1978 SC 121  ALAMDAR HUSSAIN SHAH
AND OTHERS
1989 MLD 2649  HABIBULLAH  STATE
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1998 SC 1445  MEHRAM ALI AND OTHERS
AND OTHERS
THE STATE THROUGH MAEDULELLE MANDLENKOSI
2005 SCMR 1340
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS JEROM
 ABDUL HAMEED AND  MEMBER (REVENUE), BOARD
2005 SCMR 1617
OTHERS OF REVENUE AND OTHERS
P L D 2005 QUETTA 1 ASHFAQ KHALID THE STATE

P L D 2006 SC 365 ABDUL MALIK AND OTHERS THE STATE AND OTHERS

MUHAMMAD AMIN ALIAS

2004 SCMR 810 ABDUL HAQ
MANNA AND OTHERS

Article: 14 Inviolability of dignity of man

14. Inviolability (infringed, dishonor) of dignity of man, etc.—(1) The dignity of man and, subject
to law, the privacy of home, shall be inviolable (unbreakable).
(2) No person shall be subjected to torture for the purpose of extracting (removing) evidence.

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 14 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :

P L D 1990 LAHORE  GHAYYUR HUSSAIN SHAH
 GHARIB ALAM
432 AND ANOTHER
1990 MLD 1488   MANZOOR AHMAD  THE STATE
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
P L D 1992 LAHORE COOPERATIVE CREDIT PROVINCE OF PUNJAB AND
462 CORPORATION AND ANOTHER
ANOTHER
 WAPDA (WORKS AND POWER
P L D 1994 SC 693 SHEHLA ZIA AND OTHERS
DEVELOPMENTS AUTHORITY)
 SUO MOTU
1994 SCMR 1028
CONSTITUTIONAL PETITION
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1994 SC 621 WASEY ZAFAR AND OTHERS
AND OTHERS
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1998 SC 1445 MEHRAM ALI AND OTHERS
AND OTHERS
P L D 2005 KARACHI
KHAN MUHAMMAD MAHAR FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
252

Article: 17 Freedom of association

17. Freedom of association. (1) Every citizen shall have the right to form associations (a group of
people organized for a joint purpose) or unions, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law
in the interest of sovereignty (supremacy) or integrity of Pakistan, public order or morality.
(2) Every citizen, not being in the service of Pakistan, shall have the right to form or be a
member of a political party, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest
of the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan and such law shall provide that where the Federal
Government declares that any political party has been formed or is operating in a manner
prejudicial (harmful) to the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, the Federal Government shall,
within fifteen days of such declaration, refer the matter to the Supreme Court whose decision on
such reference shall be final.
(3) Every political party shall account for the source of its funds in accordance with law.]

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 17 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :

 FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1988 SC 416  BENAZIR BHUTTO
AND ANOTHER
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
P L D 1992 LAHORE COOPERATIVE CREDIT PROVINCE OF PUNJAB AND
462 CORPORATION AND ANOTHER
ANOTHER
  SARDAR FAROOQ AHMED  FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
P L D 1999 SC 57
KHAN LEGHARI AND OTHERS
GENERAL PERVEZ.
SYED ZAFAR ALI SHAH AND MUSHARRAF, CHIEF
P L D 2000 SC 869
OTHERS EXECUTIVE OF PAKISTAN
AND OTHERS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE
P L D 2002 SC 994 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
(Q) AND OTHERS
PAKISTAN AND OTHERS

P L D 2005 LAHORE
MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
150

PAKISTAN LAWYERS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN

P L D 2005 SC 719
FORUM AND OTHERS AND OTHERS