Council of Islamic Ideology

Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology was re-designated as Council of Islamic Ideology in Article 228 of the 1973 Constitution with provisions for its composition (Article 228), Procedure for reference to the Council (Article 229), its functions (Article 230), and Rules of Procedure (Article 231).[The Constitution of Pakistan 1973, Articles 228 – 231) . The office of the council was located in Lahore where it continued to work until 26 September 1977 when its offices were shifted to Islamabad. The Council shifted to its own building in September, 1995. Since its establishment, the Council has held 245 meetings, reviewed numerous laws, recommended various legislative measures, and submitted more than 120 reports to the relevant authorities. Provided that, where a law is referred for advice to the Islamic Council and the Council advises that the law is repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam, the House or, as the case may be, the Provincial Assembly, the President or the Governor shall reconsider the law so made. 3. The Islamic Council shall submit its final report within seven years of its appointment, and shall submit an annual interim report.The report, whether interim or final, shall be laid for discussion before both Houses and each Provincial Assembly within six months of its receipt, and [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] and the Assembly, after considering the report, shall enact laws in respect thereof within a period of two years of the final report. The Council of Islamic Ideology consists of not less than eight and not more than twenty members, including the Chairman, all of whom are appointed by the President of Pakistan. In constituting the Council, due consideration is given to the representation of various schools of Islamic thought. The Constitution further provides that: