CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The deposed superior-court judges were substantially restored in:
A. 2007
B. 2013
C. 2010
D. 2009
Correct Answer: D
The restoration was a central outcome of the Lawyers' Movement.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Lawyers' Movement was principally associated with restoration of judges removed or restrained after the events of:
A. 2015
B. 2007
C. 1985
D. 1999
Correct Answer: B
The movement sought judicial restoration and independence after the November 2007 emergency measures.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan is chaired by the:
A. Chairman Senate
B. Federal Law Secretary
C. Chief Justice of Pakistan
D. Prime Minister
Correct Answer: C
The CJP serves as Chairman of the LJCP.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Who chairs the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee?
A. Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court automatically
B. Chief Justice of Pakistan
C. Attorney-General
D. Federal Law Minister
Correct Answer: B
The NJPMC's statutory composition places the CJP as chair.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee was constituted under an ordinance of:
A. 1973
B. 2002
C. 1980
D. 2010
Correct Answer: B
The NJPMC is a statutory justice-sector policy body chaired by the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Nineteenth Amendment principally refined:
A. Local-government elections
B. The Senate's composition
C. The NFC formula
D. The judicial-appointment procedure under Article 175A
Correct Answer: D
It modified the appointment mechanism following judicial and parliamentary consideration.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan was introduced through the:
A. Eighteenth Amendment
B. Twenty-seventh Amendment
C. Twenty-sixth Amendment
D. Seventeenth Amendment
Correct Answer: A
Article 175A was inserted in 2010.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Islamabad High Court received constitutional recognition through the:
A. Twenty-first Amendment
B. Eighth Amendment
C. Eighteenth Amendment
D. Twenty-seventh Amendment
Correct Answer: C
The 2010 reform recognized the Islamabad High Court in Article 175.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Federal Shariat Court replaced:
A. The Supreme Court
B. All District Courts
C. The Council of Islamic Ideology
D. Shariat Benches of the High Courts
Correct Answer: D
The centralized FSC replaced four provincial Shariat Benches.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Federal Shariat Court was created in:
A. 1980
B. 1973
C. 1991
D. 1985
Correct Answer: A
President's Order No. 1 of 1980 replaced the earlier Shariat Benches with the FSC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Part VII of the Constitution of 1973 is titled:
A. Fundamental Rights
B. Finance
C. Elections
D. The Judicature
Correct Answer: D
Part VII contains the constitutional court framework.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which Constitution retained a Supreme Court under Pakistan's presidential system?
A. Constitution of 1956 only
B. Constitution of 1962
C. Constitution of India 1950
D. Objectives Resolution only
Correct Answer: B
The 1962 Constitution maintained the Supreme Court under a different constitutional structure.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Pakistan's Supreme Court began functioning as the apex constitutional court in:
A. 1962
B. 1973
C. 1956
D. 1947
Correct Answer: C
The Supreme Court replaced the Federal Court after enforcement of the first Constitution.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
The Supreme Court of Pakistan replaced the Federal Court under the Constitution of:
A. 1956
B. 1962
C. 1973
D. 1947
Correct Answer: A
Article 148 of the 1956 Constitution established the Supreme Court as the apex court.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Before Pakistan's first Constitution, the country's apex court was known as the:
A. Shariat Appellate Bench
B. Federal Constitutional Court
C. Supreme Judicial Council
D. Federal Court of Pakistan
Correct Answer: D
Pakistan retained a Federal Court under the Government of India Act framework until the Supreme Court was created.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Which body investigates misconduct or incapacity of FCC, Supreme Court and High Court judges?
A. National Judicial Policy Making Committee
B. Judicial Commission only
C. Supreme Judicial Council
D. Federal Cabinet
Correct Answer: C
Article 209 assigns judicial accountability inquiries to the SJC.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
An appeal from an Administrative Tribunal to the Supreme Court generally requires:
A. Automatic appeal in every case
B. A joint sitting of Parliament
C. Approval of the Prime Minister
D. Leave involving a substantial question of law of public importance
Correct Answer: D
Article 212(3) creates a leave-to-appeal threshold.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Service Tribunals principally hear disputes concerning:
A. Private family disputes
B. Criminal murder trials
C. Constitutional disputes between Provinces
D. Terms and conditions of public servants
Correct Answer: D
Article 212 supports exclusive administrative tribunal jurisdiction for service matters.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Family Courts primarily decide disputes involving:
A. Federal taxation
B. Intergovernmental disputes
C. Marriage, divorce, maintenance and custody
D. Constitutional amendments
Correct Answer: C
Family Courts are specialized subordinate courts created by statute.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Supreme Court and Judicial System
Who ordinarily hears less serious criminal cases at the lower tier?
A. Senators
B. Federal Secretaries
C. Judicial Magistrates
D. Election Tribunals
Correct Answer: C
Magistrates exercise criminal jurisdiction assigned by law.