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Debate #94 · Democracy, constitution and parliament

Did the Objectives Resolution reconcile Islam with democracy in Pakistan's constitutions?

Asked 5 times · 4 years · History of Pakistan & India · Pakistan Affairs · Political Science
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (5)Evidence (1)PositionsSame themeDid the 18th Amendment strengthen or weaken Pakistan's federation?Was Pakistan's delayed constitution-making caused by leaders or by structural divisions?Does a parliamentary or presidential system better suit Pakistan?
+2 moreCan democracy take lasting root in Pakistan?Are dynastic, feudal and biradari politics incompatible with democracy in Pakistan?

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Examiners want: Text and significance of the Resolution, Islamic provisions across 1956, 1962 and 1973, orthodox versus modernist views, a clear position

The questions

2020
PMS · Political Science · Compare

Compare the Islamic Provisions of 1973 Constitution with those of 1956 and 1962.

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2016
CSS · History of Pakistan & India · Question

Objective resolution made constitutional process slow or it helped in making the 1st Constitution of Pakistan. Develop your own argument.

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2012
CSS · History of Pakistan & India · Question

Give the importance of Objective Resolution in the history of constitution making in Pakistan.

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2012
CSS · Pakistan Affairs · Critically analyse

The "Objective Resolution” (1949) satisfied both orthodox and modernists by combining the features of Western and Islamic democracy. Discuss critically.

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2008
CSS · Pakistan Affairs · Discuss

The Constitution of Pakistan (1973) is the “mouth piece of Islam”. Discuss. (20)

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Evidence you can cite

Objectives Resolution: Adopted 12 Mar 1949; later substantive constitutional part via Article 2A (1949/current)Constitutional history

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News about this debate watches for: objectives resolution, article 2a, islamic provisions, council of islamic ideology, federal shariat court, sovereignty of allah, ulema, islamic republic, 1973 constitution, islamisation.