Letter from Hasan Subhani to Miss Fatima Jinnah on Constitutional and Legal Issues

Sub title : Correspondence on Separate Electorate in West Pakistan, Constitutional Validity and Islamic Principles

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Hasan Subhani | Joint Electorate | Separate Electorate | Constitution of Pakistan

Language: English

Page: 0.7916666666666666

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29202

Keyword: Jinnah, Fatima, 1893–1967 -- Correspondence | Subhani, Hasan -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat -- Hasan Subhani -- Joint Electorate | Separate Electorate -- Article 145 -- Constitution of Pakistan | Electoral systems -- Pakistan | East Pakistan -- Politics and government | Qurʾan -- Political aspects

Abstract: A letter from Hasan Subhani to Miss Fatima Jinnah discussing the constitutional and legal issues surrounding the system of Joint Electorate in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan. The writer argues that the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies constituted under Temporary and Transitional Provisions lack jurisdiction to decide the electorate issue under Article 145. He also questions whether Joint Electorate is in conformity with Islamic principles as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah.

Description: A letter from Hasan Subhani to Miss Fatima Jinnah analyzing the constitutional validity of the system of Joint Electorate in East Pakistan and Separate Electorate in West Pakistan enacted under Article 145. The writer argues that the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies, constituted under Temporary and Transitional Provisions (Articles 223 and 225), lack jurisdiction to decide the electorate issue until properly constituted under Articles 44 and 77. He further questions whether Joint Electorate is in conformity with Islamic principles as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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