Article: 31 Islamic way of life
31. Islamic way of life.-(1) Steps shall be taken to enable the Muslims of Pakistan, individually and collectively, to order their lives in accordance with the fundamental principles and basic concepts of Islam and to provide facilities whereby they may be enabled to understand the meaning of life according to the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
(2) The State shall endeavour, as respects the Muslims of Pakistan,-
(a) to make the teaching of the Holy Quran and Islamiat compulsory, to encourage and facilitate the learning of Arabic language and to secure correct and exact printing and publishing of the Holy Quran;
(b) to promote unity and the observance of the Islamic moral standards; and
(c) to secure the proper organisation of Zakat, 1[ushr,] auqaf and mosques
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Footnotes:
| Comparative Table of Article 31 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 | |||
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Constitution of Pakistan 1962 :
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8(1-A) | ||
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Constitution of Pakistan 1956 :
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25 | ||
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Constitution of India 1950:
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Government of India Act 1935:
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Leading & Latest Cases on Article 31 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
| P L D 1976 LAHORE 930 |
NIZAM KHAN
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ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE LYALLPUR AND OTHERS
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| 1991 MLD 863 | MUMTAZ INDUSTRIES | INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN, MULTAN |
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NASREEN
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FAYYAZ KHAN AND ANOTHER
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
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PUBLIC AT LARGE
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AL-JEHAD TRUST through Raeesul Mujahidin Habib-ul-Wahab-ul-Khairi
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THE PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN and others
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HAJI RANA MUHAMMAD SHABBIR AHMAD KHAN
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR PAKISTAN
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