ISLAMIZATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN PAKISTAN: CASE STUDY OF 15TH AMENDMENT BILL
Keywords:
Islamization, Pakistan, Politics, Constitution, AmendmentsAbstract
The invocation of Islam as its raison d’être places Pakistan as only country in the Muslim World founded explicitly on religious doctrine through popular democratic movement rather than by historical accident or colonial invention. Islam is complete code of life and it regulates each and every sphere of life. It is political and constitutional structure of Islam which ensures the establishment of Islamic society in its true spirit and manifestation. Prophet of Islam (Peace Be Upon Him) who is role-model for every Muslim, established the first Islamic state at Madina with written constitution, and ruled this state for last ten years of life. In this perspective Islamization of the Constitution has remained a dominant theme of public debate in Pakistan since its inception and every regime faced the imperatives of Pakistan’s Islamic mandate. Despite the fact that Objectives Resolution (1949) and the Constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973 contained considerable Islamic provisions, an Islamic society in its real spirit could not be established in Pakistan. So the question and quest has always remained there before the people and policy makers that what should be included more in the constitution to realize the dream of Islamic Pakistan on the model of first Islamic state of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)? Proposed 15th Amendment Bill in the 1973 Constitution was an important episode of this issue. This paper is an attempt to investigate and analyze 15th Amendment bill and its probable impacts on executive, legislature and judiciary in Pakistan. It has been analyzed in the light of political and constitutional concepts of Islam and history of Islamization in Pakistan.
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