Legal Framework Order, 2002

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The Legal Framework Order, 2002 was a decree issued by Pakistan’s military ruler Pervez Musharraf that unilaterally amended the constitution, expanded presidential powers, and laid the groundwork for the subsequent Seventeenth Amendment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional decree ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
affectsInstitution Judiciary of Pakistan ⓘ
National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
Senate of Pakistan ⓘ
affectsOffice Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
amends Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
associatedWithLeader Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
constitutionalCategory extra-constitutional measure later regularized ⓘ
constitutionalImpact restructuring of balance of power between president and parliament ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
criticizedFor bypassing democratic process ⓘ
consolidating military power ⓘ
undermining parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
dateIssued 2002 ⓘ
enables extension of Musharraf’s tenure ⓘ
increased presidential authority to dissolve the National Assembly ⓘ
followedBy Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
governingRegimeType military government ⓘ
governsPeriod transition from military rule to controlled democracy in Pakistan ⓘ
issuedBy Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
issuerTitle Chief Executive of Pakistan ⓘ
President of Pakistan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
laysGroundworkFor Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
legalBasisFor subsequent constitutional amendments under Musharraf ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
legalForm order-in-council style decree ⓘ
legalStatus decree ⓘ
opposedBy civil society groups in Pakistan ⓘ
opposition political parties in Pakistan ⓘ
politicalContext military rule under Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext authoritarianism ⓘ
precededBy 1999 Pakistani military coup d'état ⓘ
purpose to expand presidential powers ⓘ
to provide a legal framework for the military government ⓘ
to unilaterally amend the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
strengthensOffice President of Pakistan ⓘ
subjectMatter distribution of powers between state organs ⓘ
validation of actions of the military government ⓘ
timePeriod post-1999 coup era in Pakistan ⓘ

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Seventeenth Amendment (Pakistan) → relatedTo → Legal Framework Order, 2002 ⓘ
subject linked to: Seventeenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan → reversedChangesOf → Legal Framework Order 2002 ⓘ
linked to: Legal Framework Order, 2002