Constitution

• Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (external link) (Zartash Uzmi and Shehzaad Nakhoda)
• International Constitutional Law: Pakistan (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

Executive

• President (external link)
• Prime Minister (external link)
• Government (external link)
• Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs (external link)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)
• Election Commission of Pakistan (external link)
• Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (external link)
• Pakistan Competition Commission (external link)
• Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (external link)
• Pakistan Frequency Allocation Board (external link)
• Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue (external link)
• Pakistan Financial Monitoring Unit (external link)
• Pakistan National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (external link)
• Pakistan Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (external link)
• Pakistan Privatisation Commission (external link)
• Pakistan Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (external link)
• Pakistan Securities and Exchange Commission (external link)
• Pakistan State Bank (external link)
• Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (external link)
• Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (external link)

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Judicial

• Supreme Court (external link)
• Federal Shariat Court (external link)
• Balochistan High Court (external link)
• Islamabad High Court (external link)
• Lahore High Court (external link)
• Peshawar High Court (external link)
• Sindh Karachi High Court (external link)
• Federal Judicial Academy (external link)
• Suspension and Reinstatement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (Law Library of Congress)

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: Bicameral Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the Senate (external link) and the National Assembly (external link)
• Laws of Pakistan (external link) (Pakistanlaw.net)
• Consumer Protection Laws (external link) (Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan)
• Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (external link)
• Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (external link)
• Pakistan Law Commission (external link)
• Pakistan Lawyer (external link) - includes legislative information
• Pakistan Legislative History (external link) (Pakistani.org)
• Pakistan Senate Committees:
  • Standing Committee on Defence & Defence Production (external link)
  • Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (external link)
  • Standing Committee on Education and Science & Technology (external link)
• Provincial / Territorial Assemblies:
  • Provincial Assembly of Balochistan (external link)
  • Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (external link)
  • Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (external link)
  • Provincial Assembly of Sindh (external link)
  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (external link)
• Punjab Laws Online (external link)
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir Laws (external link) (Law Justices and Parliamentary Affairs)
• Women's Parliamentary Caucus (external link)
• GLIN Archive: Pakistan [2005-2007] (Law Library of Congress) includes summaries; full text is accessible from a Reading Room
• FAOLEX: Pakistan (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
• NATLEX: Pakistan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• NATLEX: Pakistan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: Pakistan (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Pakistan (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Pakistan (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Pakistan (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Library of Congress Search: Pakistan (Library of Congress)
• Legal Provisions on Fighting Extremism: Pakistan (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• National Parliaments: Pakistan (Law Library of Congress)
• Pakistan: Constitutionality of the Proclamation of Emergency (Law Library of Congress)
• Pakistan: Proclamation of Emergency (Law Library of Congress)
• Pakistan: Crisis in the Judiciary (Law Library of Congress)
• AsianLII: Pakistan (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
• Centre for Peace, Development, and Reforms (external link) (CPDR)
• ForIntLaw: Pakistan (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan (external link)
• International Judicial Assistance: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (external link)
• Mumtaz & Associates (external link) - includes laws
• Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (external link) includes statutes, regulations, and guidelines
• Parliamentarians Commision for Human Rights (external link)
• Update: A Legal Research Guide to Pakistan (external link) (GlobaLex)
• Update: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Pakistan (external link) (GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Pakistan (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: Pakistan (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Profile: Pakistan (Library of Congress) February 2005; PDF
• Country Study: Pakistan (Library of Congress) April 1994
• Maps: Pakistan (Library of Congress)
• World Digital Library: Pakistan (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: Pakistan Country Profile (external link)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Pakistan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• The Economist: Pakistan (external link)
• Embassy of Pakistan, Washington (external link)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (external link)
• Human Rights in Pakistan (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Pakistan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Pakistan (external link)
• Pakistan Society of Criminology (external link)
• Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, lslamabad (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Pakistan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Pakistan (external link)
• World Food Programme: Pakistan (external link)

For more information on Pakistan, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Pakistan
• Law Library of Congress Search: Pakistan

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Last Updated: 10/13/2017