Pakistan Studies MCQ #36758

A quick quiz lists “Shariat benches in High Courts” as a structural Islamic-law addition in the mid-1980s. Which amendment is the usual match?

Pakistan Studies MCQ #36758

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A quick quiz lists “Shariat benches in High Courts” as a structural Islamic-law addition in the mid-1980s. Which amendment is the usual match?

    • A) The Ninth Amendment Act 1985
    • B) The Fifteenth failed late-1990s package
    • C) The Twenty-Second Amendment Act 2016
    • D) The Twenty-Third Amendment Act 2017

    Answer: The Ninth Amendment Act 1985

    Explanation: The Ninth Amendment of 1985 proposed to establish Shariat benches in High Courts and make the Quran and Sunnah the supreme law, part of General Zia ul-Haq's broader Islamisation agenda.