Federal Shariat Court

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The Federal Shariat Court is a specialized court in Pakistan that reviews laws to ensure their conformity with Islamic injunctions and can strike down legislation deemed repugnant to Islam.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Federal Shariat Court canonical 5
Federal Sharia Court of Appeal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court in Pakistan ⓘ
specialized court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FSC ⓘ
appealTo Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Pakistan ⓘ
bindingOn all courts in Pakistan except the Supreme Court ⓘ
federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
provincial governments of Pakistan ⓘ
branchOf judiciary of Pakistan ⓘ
canInitiateReview on petition by a citizen ⓘ
on reference by a provincial government ⓘ
on reference by the federal government ⓘ
composition Chief Justice ⓘ
Muslim judges ⓘ
Ulema judges ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 203 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
createdDuring Zia-ul-Haq regime ⓘ
established 1980 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver Muslim personal law in certain matters ⓘ
the Constitution of Pakistan itself ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeTitle Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.federalshariatcourt.gov.pk/ ⓘ
jurisdiction Islamic law review ⓘ
federal laws of Pakistan ⓘ
provincial laws of Pakistan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
Pakistani law ⓘ
location Islamabad ⓘ
power to issue binding judgments on the Islamic validity of laws ⓘ
to review laws for conformity with Islamic injunctions ⓘ
to strike down laws repugnant to Islam ⓘ
purpose to examine and decide whether laws are repugnant to the injunctions of Islam ⓘ
religiousBasis Quran ⓘ
Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Sunnah
reviewScope laws relating to criminal matters ⓘ
laws relating to fiscal matters ⓘ
laws relating to personal status ⓘ
laws relating to the enforcement of Hudood ⓘ
seat Islamabad ⓘ
typeOfLawReviewed delegated legislation ⓘ
primary legislation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

judicial branch of Pakistan → hasPart → Federal Shariat Court ⓘ
Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States → distinctFrom → Federal Sharia Court of Appeal ⓘ
linked to: Federal Shariat Court
Judicial Commission of Pakistan → relatedTo → Federal Shariat Court ⓘ
Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan → relatedTo → Federal Shariat Court ⓘ
Politics of Pakistan → judicialBranch → Federal Shariat Court ⓘ