Questions tagged [pakistan]
For questions specific to the laws of Pakistan.
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Can Constitutional Amendments be Challenged?
The recent Constitutional Amendments in Pakistan brought this question to my mind. Despite so many alarming clauses in the amendments, Govt has also pre-fixed the reaction by the Supreme Court by ...
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What are the legal implications in the Dominion of India & the Dominion of Pakistan fighting each other while both commanders in chief were George VI?
The King of India and the King of Pakistan in 1948 was a title held by George VI, who had been Emperor of India. Both countries made him the head of state and commander in chief. But they also fought ...
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The status of Urdu in Pakistan versus the status of Hindi in India
This is a critical question because it caused the 1952 language movement in Pakistan.
The Internet says that Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, but that Hindi is not the national language of ...
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Was Pakistan's supreme court in a position to prevent military generals from taking oaths as presidents?
According to Wikipedia, Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and Gen. Pervez Musharraf appointed themselves as martial law administrators in the late 1970s and late 1990s respectively, and then, after one or two years, ...
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Company Name reservation justification [closed]
I applied for name reservation and incorporation of company here in Pakistan, suggested name got reserved but it does not have any meaning nor is a dictionary word and I selected it because the domain ...
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Finding a Pakistani case from 1955
Does anyone know where online I can find a coyp of the law report of Federation of Pakistan v. Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan 1955 PLD 240? It's mentioned on Wikipedia here
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Is it legal to download paid books for free in Pakistan?
Is it legal for me to download paid books for free from PdfDrive, as there are tons of paid books available there for free?
I live in Pakistan.
Is it legal to download it for purposes that are ...
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Dosso case in Pakistan
In 1958, a man named Dosso (who lacked a surname), was convicted of murder in Baluchistan under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code by a Loya Jirga (a tribal court). An appeal was made to the ...
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Can HTML formatting be copyrighted?
A private website that publishes the Constitution of Pakistan carries the following copyright disclaimer:
We reserve all rights to the HTML formatting and presentation of the entire Constitution and ...
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