Constitution of Pakistan

• The Constitution of Pakistan is the supreme law of Pakistan.
• The Constitution was drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with additional assistance from the country's opposition parties.
• The Constitution was approved by the Parliament on 10 April and ratified on 14 August 1973.
• The Constitution establishes the state (its physical existence and its borders), people and their fundamental rights, state's constitutional law and orders, and also the constitutional structure and establishment of the institutions and the country's armed forces.
• The first three chapters establish the rules, mandate, and separate powers of the three branches of the government: a bicameral legislature; an executive branch governed by the Prime Minister as chief executive; and an apex federal judiciary headed by Supreme Court.
• The Constitution designates the President of Pakistan as a ceremonial Head of State who is to represent the unity of the state.
• The first six articles of the Constitution outline the political system as federal parliamentary republic system; as well as Islam as its state religion.
• The Constitution has been amended over time, and most recent impulses for political upgrades and reforms has been amended.

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