The 1973 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, reinstated 2002 and shown here as revised through 2018, in full English translation by the Constitute Project. Read here for Article 2, "Islam shall be the State religion of Pakistan," and Article 227, which bars laws repugnant to Islamic injunctions and created the Council of Islamic Ideology, Pakistan's domestic relationship to religion in place of any Vatican concordat.
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Citation
AuthorIslamic Republic of Pakistan
PublisherConstitute Project
URLhttps://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Pakistan_2018
Source Typeprimary source / official record
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the constitutional text itself, republished by the Constitute Project, read for Article 2's declaration that Islam shall be the state religion of Pakistan, alongside Article 227's bar on legislation repugnant to Islam. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Pakistan directly: "of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, reinstated 2002 and shown here as revised through 2018, in full English translation by the Constitute Project."
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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