Name Seraj uddin

Batch 280

Islamic provisions of 1973 constitution

• Islamic republic
Pakistan shall be known as “Islamic republic of Pakistan”.
• Islam to be state religion
Islam was declared the state religion of Pakistan.
• Sovereignty of Allah
Main salient feature of constitution of Pakistan is that it presents an important principle that
sovereignty belongs to Allah alone. Who has already legislated through the holy Quran as
interpreted in the Sunnah. He has delegated it to state of Pakistan through its people. But it
should be exercised within those limits. Which have been prescribed by him, and it should e
exercised as a sacred trust.
• Islamic way of life
Islamic way of life was to be promoted including steps like the organization of zakat, auqaf,
and the mosque. It is also declared in the constitution that state shall enable the Muslim of
Pakistan, independently and on the whole, to order their lives in accordance with the
fundamental principles and basic concept of Islam.
Definition of a Muslim
The constitution also gives the definition of a Muslim. A person who believes in Tauheed or
Oneness of Allah and in the prophet hood of Hazrat Mohammad (P.B.U.H) as the last
prophet of Allah has described as a Muslim.
• Laws not repugnant to Quran and Sunnah
An important Islamic provision declared that no law shall be enacted which is repugnant to
the injunctions of Islam as lay down in the holy Quran and the Sunnah and the existing laws
shall be brought into conformity with injunctions of Islam and laid down in the holy Quran
and Sunnah.
• Head of state and government be Muslim
The head of the state, the president, was to be Muslim. The prime minister was also required
to be a Muslim member of the national assembly.
• Social justice and eradication of social evils
The state shall take necessary steps for prosecution of social justice and eradication of social
evils and shall prevent prostitution, gambling and taking of injurious drugs, printing,
publication, circulation and display of obscene literature and advertisements.
• Strengthening bonds with Muslim world:
The state should attempt to protect and fortify fraternal relations among Muslim countries
based on Islamic unity.
Islamic ideology council:
Islamic ideology council will be set up to make recommendation to parliament and the
provincial assemblies for bringing the existing laws into conformity with the injunctions of
Islam and as to the stages by which such measures should be brought into effect.