Mir RIASAT ALI vs THE GOVERNMENT OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN — 1971 PLD 115

Citation: 1971 PLD 115

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-06-24

Parties: Mir RIASAT ALI vs THE GOVERNMENT OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, ISLAMABAD

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Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 115

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Ali Sayed Title:Mir RIASAT ALI vs THE GOVERNMENT OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, ISLAMABAD Case No.: Writ Petition No, 503 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-06-24 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 115 Result: Petition dismissed in limine. Judgment ORDER SARDAR MUHAMMAD IQBAL, J.--The territories of (i) the Governors' Provinces of the Punjab, the North-West Frontier and Sind, (ii) tile Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan and the Capital of the Federation, (iii) the States of Bahawalpur and Khairpur, and the Baluchistan States Union, (iv) the Tribal Areas of Baluchistan, the Punjab and the North-West Frontier, and the States of Amb, Chitral, Dir and Swat, were, by the Establishment of West Pakistan Act, 1955, incorporated into the Province of West Pakistan. The Act was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on the 30th of September 1955 and having received the assent of the Governor-General on the 3rd of October 1955 it was published for general information in the Extraordinary Issue of Gazette on the same day: The Government of India Act, 1935, was amended accordingly. Under the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1956, the territories of Pakistan were to comprise of the Province of East Pakistan, the Province of West Pakistan and such other States and territories as were or might become included in Pakistan, whether by…

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