Harmonizing post-18th amendment scenario among federating units and all constitutional stakeholders, which is marred with differences creating numerous governance challenges, in tandem with ensuring timely elections for democratic continuity, remains indispensable for reconciling and preserving the spirit of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan for a stable and prosperous future of the country.
This was highlighted by veteran statesmen, jurists, and constitutional experts during the inaugural session of the two-day conference on “The Constitution of Pakistan: Lessons for Next 50 Years” co-organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU), Rawalpindi.
The conference was addressed, among others, by Justice Jawad Hassan, Judge, Lahore High Court, Khalid Rahman, chairman, IPS, Muhammad Akram Shaikh, senior advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Hamid Khan, senior advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan & author, Haroon-ur-Rashid, vice chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, senior advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan & former federal minister of law, Riffat Inam But, secretary, Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan, Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer, Federal Shariat Court, Dr Tamara Sonn, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, senior
