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RAHIM (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful)]
at
the
top
of
preamble.
It
was
a
compromise with the martial law proclamation so far
as the religion was concerned.
Being
in
line
with
the
addition
made
by
the
Proclamations (Amendment) Order, 1977 (Proclamation
Order No.1 of 1977) in the preamble, another military
ruler passed the Constitution (Eight Amendment) Act,
1988 in a rubber stamp Parliament on June 9, 1988.
The Eight Amendment incorporated fundamental changes
in the constitution by incorporating a new clause as
article 2A. This new article introduced Islam as the
State
religion,
which
was
not
in
the
1972
constitution. Introduction of State religion was also
in direct conflict with “secularism,” which was one
of the fundamental principles of State policy in the
1972
constitution.
Despite
the
Parliament
revived
“secularism” as one of the fundamental principles of
State policy by passing the Constitution (Fifteenth
Amendment) Act, 2011, it retained article 2A.
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