Functions of Government in Pakistan

The government of Pakistan is a central i.e. Federal government that is established under the
constitution of Pakistan. Under the constitution of Pakistan a federal government represents the
authority of four provinces and conventional parliamentary democratic state, which is
collectively called as the State of Pakistan.
Completing the Westminster system to prevail the state, the government is composed of the three
branches, which are mentioned below:
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
These all branches are the powers which are secured in the possession of Parliament, the Prime
Minister and the Supreme Court. The powers and functions of these branches are added distinct
by actions and improvements of the Parliament, counting the formation of executive institutions,
departments and courts substandard to the Supreme Court. Yielding the constitutional authorities
to President to propagate the decree and passing bills, the President acted as the ritual figurehead
and the people elects PM (Prime Minister) acting as the chief executive and accountable of
organizing the Federal Government. The Government consists of a Parliament having two
branches i.e. the National Assembly and the Senate. The National assembly is considered as the
lower house and the senate as the upper house. The judicial division methodically contains its
zenith Supreme Court, High courts of four provinces, numbers of district, anti-terrorism, Sharia,
and the Green courts; all substandard to Supreme Court.
The complete name of the state is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. No other name emerges in
the Constitution, and this is the name that emerges on currency, in accords, and in lawful cases.
The Government of Pakistan is frequently used in administrator credentials on behalf of the
federal government jointly. Moreover, the terms "Federal" and "National" in government
organization or agenda names usually specify association with the federal government. Because

the seat of government is in Islamabad, the city is generally used as a metonym for the federal
government.
In federal law and Constitution
The Constitution of Pakistan established and constituted the federal government of four
provinces of federation of nation-state, known as State of Pakistan. The Constitution reads as:
"The Federal Governments is Subject to the Constitution, the executive authority of the
Federation shall be exercised in the name of the President by the Federal Government, consisting
of the Prime Minister and the (Federal) Ministers, which shall act through the Prime Minister,
who

shall

be

the

chief

executive

of

the

Federation.

In the performance of his functions under the Constitution, the Prime Minister may act either
directly or through the (Federal) Ministers."
Constitution of Pakistan: Part III: The Federation of Pakistan Chapter 3: The Federal
Government, Article 196197, source[3]
The basic civil and criminal laws governing the citizens of Pakistan are set down in major
parliamentary legislation (a term inherited from the United Kingdom), such as the Exit Control
List, the Pakistan Penal Code, and the Frontier Crimes Regulations. By the Article
246th and Article 247th to the constitution, the IslamicJirga (or Panchayat) system has become
an institution for local governance.[4][5] Reforms in the government administration and the
constitutional law matters jurisprudence in Pakistan in the 1950s has been greatly influenced by
the United States' legal system. Since the 1970s, the traditional jirga-based law has also
influenced the country's judicial development.[6]