Article: 18 Freedom of trade, business or profession
18. Freedom of trade; business or profession.-Subject to such qualifications, if any, as may be prescribed by law, every citizen shall have the right to enter upon any lawful profession or occupation, and to conduct any lawful trade or business:
Provided that nothing in this Article shall prevent-
(a) the regulation of any trade or profession by a licensing system; or
(b) the regulation of trade, commerce or industry in the interest of free competition therein; or
(c) the carrying on, by the Federal Government or a Provincial Government, or by a corporation controlled by any such Government, of any trade, business, industry or service, to the exclusion, complete or partial, of other persons.
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Footnotes:
| Comparative Table of Article 18 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 |
6(II.8)
12
19(1)
298(1)
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Leading & Latest Cases on Article 18 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
| P L D 1994 SC 621 |
WASEY ZAFAR AND OTHERS
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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN AND OTHERS
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| 1997 SCMR 1043 | MUSHTAQ AHMAD MOHAL AND OTHERS | THE HONOURABLE LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE AND OTHERS |
| P L D 2005 SC 193 |
ARSHAD MEHMOOD AND OTHERS
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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY, TRANSPORT CIVIL SECRETARIATE
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| 2005 CLC 144 | CHAZANFAR ALI CHAUDHARY AND ANOTHER | PROVINCE OF PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY, TRANSPORT, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB |
| 2006 CLD 1191 |
MESSRS YOUSAF SUGR MILLS
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TRUST LEASING CORPORATION AND OTHERS
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| 2006 YLR 619 | MESSTRS NOBLE ENTERPRISES THROUGH MIAN MUHAMAMD SHAFIQ | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN THROUGH CHIEF MANAGER AND ANOTHER |
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MESSRS M.A. ALEEM KHAN THROUGH CHAIRMAN
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PROVINCE OF THE PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY, COMMUNICATION AND WORKS DEPT
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| P L D 2007 KARACHI 116 | IMDAD HUSSAIN | PROVINCE OF SINDH THROUGH SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF SINDH |
| P L D 2013 SC 195 | SYED MAHMOOD AKHTAR NAQVI AND OTHERS | FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN AND OTHERS |
The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Developed by Zain Sheikh 
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