Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, as amended to 2019
Education
  • English
    (1) No person attending any educational institution shall be required to receive religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or attend religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a religion other than his own.
    …
    (3) Subject to law,
    …
    (b) no citizen shall be denied admission to any educational institution receiving aid from public revenues on the ground only of race, religion, caste or place of birth.
    (4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any public authority from making provision for the advancement of any socially or educationally backward class of citizens. (Art. 22)
  • Urdu
    (ا) کسی تعلیمی ادارے میں تعلیم پانے والے کسی شخص کو مذہبی تعلیم حاصل کرنے یا کسی مذہبی تقریب میں حصہ لینے یا مذہبی عبادت میں شرکت کرنے پر مجبور نہیں کیا جائے گا، اگر ایسی تعلیم، تقریب یا عبادت کا تعلق اس کےاپنے مذہب کے علاوہ کسی اور مذہب سے ہو۔
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    (٣) قانون کے تابع۔۔
    ...
    (ب) کسی شہری کو محض نسل، مذہب، ذات یا مقام پیدائش کی بناء پر کسی ایسے تعلیمی ادارے میں داخل ہونے سے محروم نہیں کیا جائے گا جسے سرکاری محاصل سے امداد ملتی ہو۔
    (٤) اس آرٹیکل میں مذکور کوئی امر معاشرتی یا تعلیمی اعتبار سے پسماندہ شہریوں کی ترقی کے لئے کسی سرکاری ہییت مجاز کی طرف سے اہتمام کرنے میں مانع نہ ہو گا۔(آرٹیکل ۲۲)
Education
  • English
    The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such manner as may be determined by law. (Art. 25A)
  • Urdu
    ریاست پانچ سے سولہ سال تک کی عمر کے تمام بچوں کے لیے مذکورہ طریقہ کار پر جیسا کہ قانون کے ذریعے مقرر کیا جائے مفت اور لازمی تعلیم فراہم کرے گی۔ (آرٹیکل ۲۵ الف)
Education
  • English
    The State shall--
    (a) promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of backward classes or areas;
    (b) remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum possible period;
    (c) make technical and professional education generally available and higher education equally accessible to all on the basis of merit;
    … (Art. 37)
  • Urdu
    مملکت--
    (الف) پسماندہ طبقات یا علاقوں کے تعلیمی اور معاشی مفادات، کو خصوصی توجہ کے ساتھ فروغ دے گی؛
    (ب) کم سے کم ممکنہ مدت کے اندر ناخواندگی کا خاتمہ کرے گی اور مفت اور لازمی ثانوی تعلیم مہیا کرے گی؛
    (ج) فنی اور پیشہ وارانہ تعلیم کو عام طور پر ممکن الحصول اور اعلی تعلیم کو لیاقت کی بنیاد پر سب کے لیے مساوی طور پر قابلِ دسترس بنائے گی؛
    … (آرٹیکل ۳۷)
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3 - Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy, Chapter 1 on Fundamental Rights.
4 - According to Art. 7: “In this Part [Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy], unless the context otherwise requires, “the State” means the Federal Government [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)], a Provincial Government, a Provincial Assembly, and such local or other authorities in Pakistan as are by law empowered to impose any tax or cess.”
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy, Chapter 1 on Fundamental Rights.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy, Chapter 1 on Fundamental Rights.
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy, Chapter 1 on Fundamental Rights.
8
Refer to Art. 51(3) for the Table of Distribution by Province and the Federal Capital. According to Art. 260(3): “In the Constitution and all enactments and other legal instruments, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—… (b) “non-Muslim” means a person who is not a Muslim and includes a person belonging to the Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist or Parsi community, a person of the Quadiani Group or the Lahori Group (who call themselves ‘Ahmadis’ or by any other name), or a Bahai, and a person belonging to any of the scheduled castes.”
9
Refer to remaining part of Art. 106(1) for the Table of Distribution by General Seats, Women and Non-Muslims.
10
Second Schedule on Election of President.
11
Refer to Art. 51(3) for the Table of Distribution by Province and the Federal Capital.
12
According to Art. 260: “… “Property” includes any right, title or interest in property, movable or immovable, and any means and instruments of production; …”
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Part II on Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy, Chapter 1 on Fundamental Rights.
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Part VII on The Judicature, Chapter 3A on Federal Shariat Court.
15
According to Art. 260(3): “In the Constitution and all enactments and other legal instruments, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—(a) “Muslim” means a person who believes in the unity and oneness of Almighty Allah, in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the last of the prophets, and does not believe in, or recognize as a prophet or religious reformer, any person who claimed or claims to be a prophet, in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever, after Muhammad (peace be upon him); … ”
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Part VII on The Judicature, Chapter 3A on Federal Shariat Court.
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Part VII on The Judicature, Chapter 3A on Federal Shariat Court.
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Part VII on The Judicature, Chapter 3A on Federal Shariat Court.