The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 guarantees that no person shall be deprived of life or liberty saved in accordance with law. Liberty of any citizen.............

Case Laws January 16, 2024

The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 guarantees that no person shall be deprived of life or liberty saved in accordance with law. Liberty of any citizen is an “inalienable right” of the citizen enshrined in article 4 and embodied in article 9 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 and the detention of any citizen would tantamount the violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under articles 2-A, 3,4,9,14 & 18 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. Even otherwise, the preamble of Punjab Maintenance Public Order Ordinance, 1960 law is made to ease public and ensure public safety, public interest and maintenance of public order and the applicability of the provisions of a public maintenance order is subject to guarantee provided by the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.

Political parties are institutions of very great importance under our form of government. They are, in fact, the effective instrumentalities by which the will of the people may be made vocal, and the enactment of laws in accordance therewith made possible. So potent have they become in determining the measures and in administering the affairs of government that they are now regarded as inseparable from, if not essential to, a republican form of government. The people have an inherent right to form, organize, and operate political parties and to reorganize an old political party. This is included in the right of suffrage. It has been characterised as "an inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution."