- Freedom to profess religion and to manage religious institutions. Subject to law, public order and morality
(a) every citizen shall have the right to profess, practise and propagate his religion; and
(b) every religious denomination and every sect thereof shall have the right to establish, maintain and manage its religious institutions.
Footnotes:
Comparative Table of Article 20 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Constitution of Pakistan 1962 :
6(IV.10)
Constitution of Pakistan 1956 :
18
Constitution of India 1950:
26
Government of India Act 1935:
Leading & Latest Cases on Article 20 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
P L D 1978 LAHORE 113 ABDUR REHMAN AND OTHERS AMIR ALI SHAH BOKHARI AND OTHERS
1993 SCMR 1718
ZAHEERUDDIN
STATE
P L D 1998 KARACHI 189
PERCY ROBINSON AND OTHERS
REVEREND BASHIR JIWAN AND OTHERS
P L D 1998 SC 161
MALIK ASAD ALI AND OTHERS
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY, LAW, JUSTICE AND PARLIAMENTAF
P L D 2005 LAHORE 354
HAFIZ ASMATULLAH
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS
2005 CLC 678 HAJI MUHAMMAD HANIF ABBASI AND 2 OTHERS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH CHAIRMAN, ISLAMABAD
P L D 2007 KARACHI 116
IMDAD HUSSAIN
PROVINCE OF SINDH THROUGH SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF SINDH