Overview
- Top officials, in Friday's Constitution Day messages, reaffirmed the 1973 charter as Pakistan's core legal framework that has sustained institutional continuity.
- President Asif Ali Zardari called it a living document that shapes courts, hospitals, schools, local administration, and relations between provinces and the federal government.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani framed the charter as a unifying pact that safeguards fundamental rights, provincial authority, and balance among state institutions.
- National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Sindh Governor Nehal Hashmi urged cooperation under the rule of law, citizen duty to protect the charter, and stronger civic education for young people.
- The Constitution was adopted on April 10, 1973 by a consensus Parliament elected on adult franchise, with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto widely credited as its principal architect.