CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The 2009 Sindh High Court Bar Association judgment is strongly linked with restoration of:
A. The first Constitution
B. The Federal Court
C. The One Unit Scheme
D. Constitutional judicial order after the 2007 emergency
Correct Answer: D
It declared emergency-era judicial measures unconstitutional and reinforced constitutional supremacy.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Asma Jilani v. Government of Punjab was decided in:
A. 1958
B. 1977
C. 1999
D. 1972
Correct Answer: D
The decision followed the end of Yahya Khan's regime and rejected Dosso.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Governor-General's Reference of 1955 is associated with the judicial use of:
A. State necessity to validate otherwise defective laws
B. Local-government elections
C. Federalism under the 1973 Constitution
D. Shariat appellate jurisdiction
Correct Answer: A
The Federal Court advised on the validity of laws affected by the assent controversy.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act case of 2023 concerned regulation of:
A. Federal Shariat Court appeals
B. Provincial taxation
C. District-court pecuniary jurisdiction
D. Bench formation and Article 184(3) procedure
Correct Answer: D
The litigation addressed Parliament's regulation of Supreme Court procedure before the later constitutional restructuring.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Justice Qazi Faez Isa reference litigation concerned:
A. Dissolution of Parliament
B. Senate reserved seats
C. A presidential reference against a Supreme Court judge
D. A Shariat petition
Correct Answer: C
The proceedings examined judicial accountability, due process and tax-related allegations.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Workers' Party Pakistan v. Federation is noted for directions concerning:
A. Electoral fairness and campaign practices
B. Federal Shariat Court composition
C. Provincial budgets
D. High Court retirement ages
Correct Answer: A
The judgment addressed election spending, campaign conduct and voter facilitation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Asghar Khan's case dealt principally with:
A. Judicial appointments
B. Provincial service tribunals
C. Shariat appeals
D. Unlawful political distribution of public funds by intelligence officials
Correct Answer: D
The Supreme Court addressed interference in the electoral process and misuse of public funds.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Sharaf Faridi litigation is especially associated with:
A. Creation of the NFC
B. Separation of the judiciary from the executive
C. Senate proportional representation
D. Election symbols
Correct Answer: B
The case advanced institutional separation and independence of the subordinate judiciary.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Panama Papers case resulted in the disqualification of:
A. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
B. Chief Justice of Pakistan
C. Chairman Senate
D. President Asif Ali Zardari
Correct Answer: A
The 2017 proceedings culminated in disqualification under the constitutional membership framework.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Mustafa Impex v. Government of Pakistan held that the constitutional Federal Government means:
A. The Prime Minister acting alone in every matter
B. The Federal Cabinet acting collectively
C. The Federal Secretary Finance
D. The President alone
Correct Answer: B
The judgment emphasized collective Cabinet government.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
District Bar Association Rawalpindi v. Federation principally concerned the validity of the:
A. NFC Award
B. Elections Act 2017
C. Federal Constitutional Court
D. Twenty-first Amendment and military courts
Correct Answer: D
The majority upheld the constitutional amendment and military-court framework.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The 2010 challenge to the Eighteenth Amendment led to enactment of the:
A. Twenty-first Amendment
B. Seventeenth Amendment
C. Twenty-sixth Amendment
D. Nineteenth Amendment
Correct Answer: D
Parliament refined Article 175A after the Supreme Court's interim order and observations.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Sindh High Court Bar Association case of 2009 declared the emergency measures of which date unconstitutional?
A. 5 July 1977
B. 3 November 2007
C. 7 October 1958
D. 12 October 1999
Correct Answer: B
The judgment invalidated the emergency, PCO and removal of judges.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Zafar Ali Shah v. General Pervez Musharraf concerned the takeover of:
A. 5 July 1977
B. 7 October 1958
C. 3 November 2007
D. 12 October 1999
Correct Answer: D
The Supreme Court validated the takeover for a limited period under necessity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Liaquat Hussain v. Federation is associated with invalidation of:
A. The Federal Shariat Court
B. Civilian trial by military courts created in 1998
C. High Court writ jurisdiction
D. The Senate
Correct Answer: B
The Court held that the impugned military-court arrangement violated the constitutional judicial structure.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Mehram Ali v. Federation held that special anti-terrorism courts must remain subject to:
A. Election Commission supervision
B. Constitutional judicial review and the regular judicial hierarchy
C. Federal Cabinet control only
D. Military command
Correct Answer: B
The Court protected judicial independence and appellate supervision.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Al-Jehad Trust v. Federation significantly strengthened:
A. Executive control of courts
B. Judicial independence in appointments
C. Senate election procedure
D. Provincial taxation
Correct Answer: B
It treated meaningful judicial consultation and seniority as important constitutional principles.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Al-Jehad Trust case is commonly known as the:
A. Judges' Case
B. Dosso Case
C. Panama Case
D. Asma Jilani Case
Correct Answer: A
The 1996 decision addressed judicial appointments, consultation and seniority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Haji Saifullah Khan v. Federation concerned the dissolution of the National Assembly under:
A. Article 175E
B. Article 58(2)(b)
C. Article 212
D. Article 203D
Correct Answer: B
The dissolution was held unconstitutional, though the Assembly was not restored because elections had advanced.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Benazir Bhutto v. Federation of Pakistan is important for a broad approach to:
A. Tax appeals only
B. Family-court jurisdiction
C. Public-interest standing and fundamental rights
D. Military service tribunals
Correct Answer: C
The judgment took a liberal view of access to constitutional jurisdiction.