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Article: 260 Definitions | The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Developed by Zain Sheikh
Article: 260 Definitions
“service of Pakistan” means any service, post or office in connection with the affairs of the Federation or of a Province, and includes an All-Pakistan Service, service in the Armed Forces and any other service declared to be a service of Pakistan by or under Act of 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] or of a Provincial Assembly, but does not include service as Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Prime Minister, Federal Minister, Minister of State, Chief Minister, Provincial Minister, 4[Attorney General, 5[Advocate-General, Parliamentary Secretary] or 6[Chairman or member of a Law Commission, Chairman or member of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Adviser to the Prime Minister, Special Assistant to a Chief Minister, Adviser to a Chief Minister] or member of a House or a Provincial Assembly;
2. Section 15 of the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), inserted the definition of “Chief Justice”, in clause (1) of the Art. 260, (w.e.f. May 4, 1974).
3. Section 92 of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), omitted the definition of expression “consultation” in clause (1) of Art. 260, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010). The said definition had inserted by Item 24 of the schedule to C.E.O. No. 24 of 2002, (w.e.f. August 21, 2002) and validated by section 10 of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (3 of 2003). The omitted definition of expression “consultation”, that read :
“consultation” shall, save in respect of appointments of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, mean discussion and deliberation which shall not be binding on the President.
4. Section 15 of the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), inserted the said Commas and words, in the definition of “service of Pakistan” in clause (1) of Art. 260, (w.e.f. May 4, 1974).
5. Section 16 of the Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1976 (62 of 1976), also inserted the said word and comma, in the definition of “service of Pakistan” in clause (1) of Art. 260, (w.e.f. September 13, 1976).
6. Section 5 of the Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1976 (84 of 1976) thereafter inserted the said commas and words in clause 1 of Art. 260, (w.e.f. December 31, 1976).
7. Section 6 of the Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1985, P.O. No. 24 of 1985, substituted clause (3) of Art. 260, in its present form, (w.e.f. March 19, 1985), in place of the said clause as added by Section 3 of the (Second Amendment) Act, 1974 (49 of 1974), (w.e.f. September 17, 1974). Clause (3) as added in 1974, read :
“(3). — A person who does not believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the last of the Prophets or claims to be a Prophet, in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever, after Muhammad (Peace be upon him), or recognizes such a claimant as a prophet or a religious reformer, is not a Muslim for the purposes of the Constitution or law.”
Comparative Table of Article 260 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
311(2 to 7)