Spring 2012
Assignment # 2
Due Date: June, 18, 2012 Total Marks: 10
Objectives:
To asses students’ knowledge of the subject and to motivate them towards
conceptual knowledge and practical application of the subject.
Instructions
1. Late assignments will not be accepted.
2. If the file is corrupt or problematic, it will be marked zero.
3. Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work
done by someone else as if it was his or her own; however, taking the ideas from
different sources and to express it in your own words will be encouraged.
4. If any assignment is found copied work, no marks will be awarded and the case
may be referred to the head of the academics for disciplinary action.
5. No assignment will be accepted via e-mail.
6. The file should be in Word doc form; the font color should be preferably black
and font size can be 12 Times New Roman.
Guideline:
Try to be genuine and impressive in your approach.
Assignment:
What do you know about the Objectives Resolution?
Describe its importance in the constitutional history of
Pakistan.
The Objectives Resolution was the first constitutional document that proved to be the
‘foundation’ of the constitutional developments in Pakistan. It provided parameters and
sublime principles to the legislators. It made the constitution-making process easy task
setting some particular objectives before them that would be acceptable to the people of
Pakistan who had suffered a lot under the Hindu-dominated majority. The Objectives
Resolution was moved by Liaquat Ali Khan, the then Prime Minister of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, and approved on March 12, 1949 and this Resolution became the
foundation in the constitutional history of Pakistan.
The First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan passed the Objectives Resolution. The first
Constituent Assembly came into existence under Indian Independence Act 1947at the
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