Article: 5 Loyalty to State and obedience to Constitution and law
5. Loyalty to State and obedience to Constitution and law.-(1) Loyalty to the State is the basic duty of every citizen. (2) Obedience to the Constitution and law is the 1[inviolable] obligation of every citizen wherever he may be and of every other person for the time being within Pakistan.
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Footnotes:
1. Item 3 of the Schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985 substituted the said word, in place of the word “basic” in clause (2) of Art. 5, (w.e.f. March 2, 1985).
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Constitution of Pakistan 1962 :
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Constitution of Pakistan 1956 :
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Constitution of India 1950:
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Leading & Latest Cases on Article 5 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
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MUHAMMAD DIN
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DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
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MUHAMMAD ASHHAR
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DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SIALKOT
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MEHRAM ALI alias YAWAR ALI
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN
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SH. LIAQUAT HUSSAIN AND OTHERS
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Ministry of Law, Justice and
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| 2005 CLC 1490 | YOUSAF BAIG | TEHSILDAR, TEHSIL SARA-E-ALAMGIR, DISTRICT GUJRAT |
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M.D. TAHIR
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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND 2 OTHERS
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| Hajj Corruption Case | SUO MOTU CASE NO. 24 of 2010 | ABDUL RASHEED & OTHERS |
| P L D 2013 SC 1 | AIR MARSHAL (RETD.) MUHAMMAD ASGHAR KHAN | GENERAL (RETD.) MIRZA ASLAM BAIG, FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND OTHER |
| 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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