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| 2011 SLG 448 2011 SLD 448 2011 PLD 441 |
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 14248 of 2010. decided on 23rd March, 2011. DATE of hearing: 22nd March, 2011
SH. AHMAD FAROOQ, J
Mian Muhammad Sikander Hayat, Asad Manzoor Butt and Malik Allah Yar Khan for Petitioners. Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah Gillani, Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan, Jawad Hassan, Additional Advocate General, Arif Yaqoob Khan, Assistant Advocate-General and Mi
Writ Petition No. 14248 of 2010. decided on 23rd March, 2011. DATE of hearing: 22nd March, 2011
SH. AHMAD FAROOQ, J
Mian Muhammad Sikander Hayat, Asad Manzoor Butt and Malik Allah Yar Khan for Petitioners. Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah Gillani, Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan, Jawad Hassan, Additional Advocate General, Arif Yaqoob Khan, Assistant Advocate-General and Mi
MUHAMMAD NAZIMUDDIN and others
VS
FEDERAL SECRETARY and others
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199,29
Law: Publication of Holy Quran (Elimination of Printing and Recording Errors) Rules, 1973
Section: 4
Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) Act (XIII of 2011)--- ---Preamble---publication of Holy Quran (Elimination of Printing and Recording Errors) Rules, 1973, R.4---Constitution of Pakistan, Part-II, Chapter 2 [Arts. 8 to 28], Arts. 29, 31 & 199---Constitutional petition-Principles of policy-Implementation-Publication of the Holy Quran---Grievance of petitioners was that authorities had not ensured printing of the Holy Quran on the best quality of paper and no arrangements were made for proper disposal of damaged papers of the Holy Quran--Plea raised by authorities was that correct printing of the Holy Quran was only a matter of Principle of Policy as envisaged in Art.31 contained in Part II, Chapter 2 of the Constitution and not enforceable by judicial process---Validity---Principles of Policy set out in Chapter 2 of Part-II of the Constitution were in fact the aspirations of the Constitution makers, which were intended to be considered as guiding principles of policy of the State---According to Art.31 of the Constitution, the State was to endeavour to secure correct and exact printing and publishers of the Holy Quran---Every organ of the State, under Art.29 of the Constitution, was conferred responsibility to act in accordance with Principles of Policy enshrined in Part-II, Chapter 2 of the Constitution---Constitutional obligation and commitment must be honoured to consolidate public confidence and non fulfilment of liabilities and obligations by the Government was violative of fundamental principles of policy guaranteed under the Constitution---Authorities were under a constitutional duty to secure correct and exact printing and publishing of the Holy Quran as provided in Art.31 of the Constitution--Law titled Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) Act, 2001, was enacted in the recent past and the rules under the same were yet to be made---High Court directed the Provincial Government to consider the proposals of petitioners in the Rule Framing process in the committee constituted by Chief Minister---Petition was disposed of accordingly. Shahab Matloob v. Government of Province of Sindh through Chief Secretary, Karachi and 5 others PLD 1993…
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