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Part I · Introductory

The Republic and its territories

Article 1

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English · authoritative

1(1)

Pakistan shall be Federal Republic to be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as Pakistan.

2[(2)

The territories of Pakistan shall comprise––

(a)

the Provinces of 3[Balochistan], the 4[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], the Punjab and 5[Sindh];

(b)

the Islamabad Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Capital; 6[and]

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8[(c)

] such States and territories as are or may be included in Pakistan, whether by accession or otherwise.

(3)

9[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law admit into the Federation new States or areas on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.]

Urdu · official translation (2018)

(۱)

مملکتِ پاکستان ایک وفاقی جمہوریہ ہوگی جس کا نام اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان ہو گا جسے بعد ازیں پاکستان کہا جائے گا۔

[(۲)

پاکستان کے علاقے مندرجہ ذیل پر مشتمل ہوں گے۔

(الف)

صوبہ جات [بلوچستان]، [خیبر پختونخواہ]، پنجاب اور [سندھ]؛

(ب)

دارالحکومت اسلام آباد کا علاقہ جس کا حوالہ بعد ازیں وفاقی دارالحکومت کے طور پر دیا گیا ہے؛ [اور]

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(ج)

ایسی ریاستیں اور علاقے جو الحاق کے ذریعے یا کسی اور طریقے سے پاکستان میں شامل ہیں یا ہو جائیں۔

(۳)

[مجلس شوریٰ (پارلیمنٹ)] بذریعہ قانون وفاق میں نئی ریاستوں یا علاقوں کو ایسی قیود و شرائط پر داخل کر سکے گی جو وہ مناسب سمجھے]۔

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Amendment notes (9)›
  1. 1The provisions of the Constitution except those of Articles 6, 8 to 28, (both inclusive), clauses (2) and (2a) of Article 101, Articles 199, 213 to 216 (both inclusive) and 270-A, brought into force with effect from 10th March, 1985, vide S.R.O. No. 212(I)/85, dated 10th March, 1985, Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-II, page 279 and the aforesaid Articles brought into force with effect from 30th December, 1985, vide S.R.O. No. 1273(I)/85 dated 29th December, 1985, Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-II, page 3185.
  2. 2Substituted by the Constitution (First Amdt.) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), section 2, for ‘‘clauses (2), (3) and (4)’’ (with effect from the 4th May, 1974).
  3. 3Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 3 for “Baluchistan.”
  4. 4Substituted ibid., for “North-West-Frontier”.
  5. 5Substituted ibid., for “Sind”.
  6. 6Inserted by the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amdt.) Act, 2018 (37 of 2018), section 2.
  7. 7Paragraph (c) omitted ibid.
  8. 8Paragraph (d) renumbered ibid.
  9. 9Substituted by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (President's Order No. 14 of 1985), Article 2 and Schedule, for ‘‘Parliament’’.

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Article 1, Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973

English text as amended up to 21 November 2025 (27th Amendment), published by Ministry of Law and Justice / National Assembly of Pakistan. The English text is authoritative. Official PDF, page 27