Author:Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Works
[edit]Edicts
[edit]- The Hudud Ordinances, consisting:
- Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance VI of 1979)
- Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance VII of 1979)
- Offence of Qazf (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance VIII of 1979)
- Execution of the Punishment of Whipping Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance IX of 1979)
- Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979 (Ordinance X of 1979), which made amendments consequential to the previous enactments.
- Anti-Islamic Activities of the Quadiani Group, Lahori Group and Ahmadis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance XX of 1984), commonly known as Ordinance XX.
- Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984 (Order 10 of 1984), the Islamized evidence law of Pakistan. (transcription project)
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