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Critically analyse how Islamic provisions were incorporated into the Constitution of 1973. Do these provisions strengthen the Islamic character of the State?
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Debate #81 · Islam, ideology and society
Did state-led Islamisation in Pakistan achieve its aims or distort the polity?
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All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (5)Evidence (2)PositionsSame themeDid Islam spread in the subcontinent chiefly through Sufis or through conquest?Is Pakistan's diversity a strength or a threat to national integration?Did religious reform movements lay the foundations of Muslim nationalism in India?Asked before
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Examiners want: Measures under successive governments, constitutional provisions, role of ulema, critical assessment of outcomes, way forward
The questions
2014
Give a critical analysis of the steps taken for Islamization in Pakistan since 1947.
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2004
Throw light on the steps taken under various governments for the promulgation of the Islamic system in the country.
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2004
Throw light on the steps taken under various Govts. for the promulgation of Islamic system in the country?
2001
Write a comprehensive essay on the promulgation of Islamic system in Pakistan with special reference to the role played by the Ulema in the process.
Evidence you can cite
Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance promulgated: Ordinance No. VII of 1979, [10th February, 1979]; its section 6 (Zina-bil-Jabr) was later omitted by Act VI of 2006 (10 February 1979)Pakistan Code, Ministry of Law and JusticeMeeting that decided to form the Women's Action Forum: Conducted on September 16, 1981, in Lahore; first conviction under the Hudood Ordinances sparked WAF's formation (16 September 1981)Women's History Archive and Learning Centre, LUMS (Herstory)
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News about this debate watches for: objectives resolution, hudood ordinances, federal shariat court, council of islamic ideology, zia-ul-haq, article 227, blasphemy laws, zakat and ushr, shariat act 1991, riba, islamic provisions 1973 constitution, ulema.