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" ISLAMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973, WHAT MORE IS REQUIRED ISLAMIC PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973, WHAT MORE IS REQUIRED?   By   Mr. Justice (R) Dr. Tanzil‑ur‑Rehman   Legal fraternity may be aware that the first Article of the First Constitution of Pakistan, 1956 provided that:   ARTICLE 1‑‑PAKISTAN TO BE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC:   1 (i) Pakistan shall be a Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan." This Constitution of 1956 was abrogated on 7th of October, 1958 and Martial law was imposed; and when on 8th of June, 1962, Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, the Chief Martial Law Administrator, enforced his self‑made constitution, the word "Islamic" from its name was‑ omitted. It was only named as "Republic of Pakistan." However, when the first session of the National Assembly was convened at Dacca, on the move of the well‑known member of Jama'at‑e‑Islami of the then East Pakistan, Barrister Akhtaruddin, the word "Islamic" was added before the word "Republic of Pakistan" and so by the first "Constitution Amendment Act, 1963," Pakistan was again named as "Islamic Republic of Pakistan". Its Islamic identification by its very name, as originally provided in the first Constitution of Pakistan, 1956, made by the chosen representatives by both the wings of Pakistan, was thus, restored. And since then, the name of this State continues to be "the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". By the name itself it is plainly meant that this part of the land will be a cradle for Islamic Democracy but the rulers of this Islamic Republic,…