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(a) Sports (Development and Control) Ordinance (XVI of 1962)--- ----Ss. 1, 3 & 4---Constitution of Pakistan, Art.268(1)---Promulgation of Sports (Development and Control) Ordinance, 1962---Validity---Sports (Development and Control) Ordinance, 1962, was validly promulgated by the then President of Pakistan in exercise of powers conferred upon him in terms of Constitution of Pakistan, 1962---Said Ordinance continued to be protected by every succeeding Constitutional set up and as such was still in force. (b) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Art. 29---Policy making---Scope---Policy making is a function which is exclusively in the domain of Federal or Provincial Government as the case may be-- Even Courts do not intervene in the policy matters unless such policies are perverse, ab initio void or against Constitutional guarantees---Where Federal Government or Provincial Government formulate a policy in accordance with law and under the mandate of the Constitution but not in an conformity with any policy of a private body, may it be an international body, the policy promulgated in Pakistan by its Government would prevail upon statute, policy, direction etc. of such international body. Dossani Travels (Pvt.) Ltd. and others v. Messrs Travels Shop (Pvt.) Ltd. and others PLD 2014 SC 1 rel. (c) Sports (Development and Control) Ordinance (XVI of 1962)--- ----Ss.3 & 4---Constitution of Federation Internationale de Football Association, Art.17---Constitution of Asian Football Confederation, Arts.31.8 & 37---National Sports Policy, 2005---Election of President of Football Federation---Tenure of term---Petitioner, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) was aggrieved and wanted to get its candidate for the post of President elected for fourth term after completing his earlier three terms of 4 years each---Validity---Two private sector sports bodies controlling football internationally with which PFF was affiliated, had restricted a person from holding office of the President for more than three terms thus providing a certainty in the maximum period that could be availed by that particular person in holding the post of President---Government in its National Sports…