CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Begum Nusrat Bhutto v. Chief of Army Staff is associated with judicial reliance on:
A. Doctrine of necessity
B. Islamic repugnancy
C. Promissory estoppel
D. Prospective overruling only
Correct Answer: A
The Court validated the 1977 takeover subject to stated limitations.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which case later rejected the Dosso approach and declared General Yahya Khan a usurper?
A. Zafar Ali Shah v. General Pervez Musharraf
B. Mustafa Impex
C. Asma Jilani v. Government of Punjab
D. Nusrat Bhutto v. Chief of Army Staff
Correct Answer: C
The 1972 judgment repudiated the Kelsen-based validation of martial law.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
State v. Dosso is associated with application of:
A. Basic-structure doctrine
B. Kelsen's theory of revolutionary legality
C. Political-question doctrine only
D. Islamic repugnancy review
Correct Answer: B
The 1958 judgment treated a successful revolution as a law-creating fact.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Maulvi Tamizuddin case was decided by the:
A. Federal Court of Pakistan
B. Federal Shariat Court
C. Federal Constitutional Court
D. Senate
Correct Answer: A
The case predates creation of the Supreme Court under the 1956 Constitution.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Federation of Pakistan v. Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan case arose primarily from the:
A. NFC Award
B. Creation of the Senate
C. Appointment of the first CEC
D. Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly
Correct Answer: D
The 1955 case concerned the Governor-General's dissolution and assent to legislation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The 2026 National Judicial Analytics Dashboard was launched to strengthen:
A. Parliamentary voting
B. Data-driven judicial administration
C. NFC transfers
D. Election delimitation
Correct Answer: B
The LJCP and NJPMC promoted analytics for court performance and reform.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The constitutional deadline for progressive separation of the judiciary from the executive was extended to:
A. Fourteen years from the commencing day
B. No time limit
C. Five years
D. Twenty years
Correct Answer: A
Article 175(3) contains the fourteen-year formulation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Justice Aalia Neelum became the first woman Chief Justice of the:
A. Supreme Court
B. Islamabad High Court
C. Lahore High Court
D. Federal Shariat Court
Correct Answer: C
Her appointment marked the first woman to head the Lahore High Court.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Pakistan's first woman Chief Justice of a High Court was:
A. Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar
B. Justice Ayesha A. Malik
C. Justice Nasira Iqbal
D. Justice Aalia Neelum
Correct Answer: A
She became Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court in 2018.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Pakistan's first woman Supreme Court judge was:
A. Justice Ayesha A. Malik
B. Justice Tahira Safdar
C. Justice Aalia Neelum
D. Justice Majida Rizvi
Correct Answer: A
She was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2022.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which former Supreme Court institution was omitted after creation of the FCC?
A. Shariat Appellate Bench
B. Supreme Judicial Council
C. High Court Benches
D. Constitutional Benches under Article 191A
Correct Answer: D
The Twenty-seventh Amendment removed Supreme Court constitutional benches.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which former Supreme Court jurisdiction is now exercised by the FCC under Article 175H?
A. All contempt jurisdiction
B. Advisory jurisdiction
C. Election tribunal jurisdiction
D. District civil jurisdiction
Correct Answer: B
Article 186 was omitted and presidential references moved to Article 175H.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which Supreme Court jurisdiction was omitted and transferred to the FCC in 2025?
A. Shariat appellate jurisdiction
B. Original constitutional jurisdiction under Article 184
C. All civil appeals
D. All criminal appeals
Correct Answer: B
Article 184 was omitted and corresponding constitutional jurisdiction was placed in Article 175E.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The first Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court took oath on:
A. 13 November 2025
B. 26 October 2024
C. 2 June 2026
D. 14 November 2025
Correct Answer: D
Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan took oath at Aiwan-e-Sadr on 14 November.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Federal Constitutional Court formally commenced constitutional functions on:
A. 26 October 2024
B. 13 November 2025
C. 1 January 2026
D. 14 November 2025
Correct Answer: B
The official FCC history records commencement on 13 November 2025.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Twenty-seventh Constitutional Amendment was enacted in:
A. 2026
B. 2024
C. 2010
D. 2025
Correct Answer: D
The amendment reorganized Pakistan's superior-court jurisdiction.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Federal Constitutional Court was created through the:
A. Eighteenth Amendment
B. Twenty-first Amendment
C. Twenty-seventh Amendment
D. Twenty-sixth Amendment
Correct Answer: C
The 2025 amendment inserted Articles 175B to 175L.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The selection of the Chief Justice from among the three most senior judges was introduced through the:
A. Eighteenth Amendment
B. Nineteenth Amendment
C. Twenty-sixth Amendment
D. Twenty-fifth Amendment
Correct Answer: C
The Special Parliamentary Committee mechanism began in 2024.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Twenty-sixth Amendment initially created Constitutional Benches in the:
A. District Courts only
B. Federal Shariat Court only
C. Supreme Court and High Courts
D. Service Tribunals
Correct Answer: C
Supreme Court constitutional benches were later replaced by the FCC under the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Twenty-sixth Constitutional Amendment was enacted in:
A. 2022
B. 2025
C. 2024
D. 2018
Correct Answer: C
It introduced major changes including constitutional benches, judicial evaluation and parliamentary selection of the Chief Justice.