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[1] As of 2017, Pakistan's judiciary is suffering from a backlog of two million cases, with lawsuits taking an average of nearly ten years to resolve. [7] According to some estimates, 90 percent of civil cases involve land disputes, owing to Pakistan's lack of a proper land register. [7]
The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2016, and the amended bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 8 August 2016. [ 6 ] The bill, after ratification by the States, received assent from President Pranab Mukherjee on 8 September 2016, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and was notified in The Gazette of India on the same date.
Short title and commencement: This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty First Amendment) Act, 2015. It shall come into force at once. The provisions of this Amendment Act shall remain in force for a period of two years from the date of its commencement and shall cease to form part of the Constitution and shall stand repealed on the expiration of the said period.
The Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, officially known as the Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 2017, grants legal cover to military courts. The amendment was assented to by President Mamnoon Hussain in March 2017.
The Panama Papers case (officially titled Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi v.Muhammad Nawaz Sharif), or the Panamagate case, was a 2017 landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that disqualified Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, from holding public office for life.
The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah had a vision regarding the law of Pakistan, to implement a system in accordance to Islamic teachings, but it was never fulfilled, although it was fulfilled at the later stage when Pakistan had its first constitution in 1956. This vision, however, did have a lasting effect on later Pakistani lawmakers.
Enables the prime minister to obtain a vote of confidence of the people of Pakistan. 16 May 1977 Full Text: 8th: Changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential system by giving the President a number of additional powers. 11 November 1985 Full Text: 9th: Bill to impose Shariah law as the supreme law of land.
Amended by; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2014, Act No. XXI of 2014; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2015, Act No. XXXIV of 2015; Khyber Paktunkhwa Local Government (Second Amendment) Act, 2015, Act No. XI of 2015; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government (Third Amendment) Act, 2015, Act No. XXIX of 2015