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Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)

2012 PLD 681 SUPREME-COURT Judicial Precedent
Art. 51(6)(a)Election of members of the National AssemblyConstitutional dictateScope

Article 51(6)(a) of the Constitution declared that the representatives of the people "shall be elected by direct and free vote, in accordance with law", which identified 'elections' as the first and an integral step in effectuating the said constitutional dictate.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Constitutional dictate"

PLD 1997
1997-March-12

P L D 1997 Karachi 309

Mst. GULZARAN ‑‑‑ Petitioner Versus AMIR BAKHSH and 6 others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: High Court
PLD 2012
2012-June-8

P L D 2012 Supreme Court 681

WORKERS' PARTY PAKISTAN through Akhtar Hussain, Advocate, General Secretary and 6 others — Petitioners Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
CLC 1996
Writ Petition No.277 and Civil Miscellaneous No. 667 of 1996, decided on 31st Mare. 1996.

1996 C L C 1785

HEADMASTER, GOVERNMENT ZIA‑UL‑ALOOM HIGH SCHOOL, RAJA BAZAR, RAWALPINDI and others‑‑‑Petitioners Versus CHAIRMAN, EVACUEE TRUST PROPERTY BOARD and others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLC(CS) 1995
N/A

1995 P L C (C

MUHAMMAD BASHIR Versus PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Secretary Finance, Lahore and 2 others

Court: Lahore High Court
PLD 2015
2015-February-10

P L D 2015 Lahore 463

Syed RIAZ ALI ZAIDI — Petitioner Versus GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Lahore and 3 others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLC(CS) 2022
Civil Appeal No. 1546 of 2019 and Civil Petitions Nos.2503 to 2519 and 2660 of 2019, decided on 27th January, 2021.

2022 P L C (C

SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ISLAMABAD and others Versus TAYYABA HALIM SUBHANI and others

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
SCMR 2022
Civil Appeal No. 1546 of 2019 and Civil Petitions Nos.2503 to 2519 and 2660 of 2019, decided on 27th January, 2021.

2022 S C M R 77

SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ISLAMABAD-and others — Appellants/Petitioners Versus TAYYABA HALIM SUBHANI and others — Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
PLD 2025
10.11.2023 Writ Petition (Civil) No.1224 of 2003; Munn Hussain Bhatti, Advocate and others v. Federation of Pakistan and others PLD 2011 SC 407; District Bar Association, Rawalpindi v. Federation of Pakistan PLD 2015 SC 401; Federation of Pakistan v. Durrani Ceramics 2014 SCMR 1630; Workers' Party Pakistan through Akhtar Hussain, Advocate, General Secretary and others v. Federation of Pakistan and others PLD 2012 SC 681 and Ch. Nasir Iqbal and others v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Law and others PLD 2014 SC 72 rel

P L D 2025 Peshawar 125

SHAZIA TEHMAS KHAN and others — Petitioners Versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLD 2014
2014-March-19

P L D 2014 Supreme Court 668

ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary — Appellant Versus PROVINCE OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
PLC(CS) 2015
Writ Petition No.5406 of 2011, decided on 10th February, 2015.

2015 P L C (C

Syed RIAZ ALI ZAIDI Versus GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB through Chief Secretary, Lahore and 3 others

Court: Lahore