Article 218 of the Constitution of Pakistan

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article of the Constitution of Pakistan constitutional provision

Article 218 of the Constitution of Pakistan is the constitutional provision that establishes the Election Commission of Pakistan and defines its composition and mandate to conduct and oversee free and fair elections.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Article 218 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan	0

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsToEnsure	elections conducted in accordance with law ⓘ fair elections in Pakistan ⓘ free elections in Pakistan ⓘ honest elections in Pakistan ⓘ
appliesTo	elections to such other public offices as may be specified by law ⓘ elections to the National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ elections to the Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan ⓘ elections to the office of President of Pakistan ⓘ
assignsFunctionTo	Election Commission of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingOn	Election Commission of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ federal government of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ provincial governments of Pakistan ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
defines	composition of the Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ mandate of the Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
establishes	Election Commission of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	constitutional framework for elections in Pakistan ⓘ
hasSection	Article 218(1) ⓘ Article 218(2) ⓘ Article 218(3) ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
legalStatus	supreme law provision ⓘ
mandates	control of elections by the Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ direction of elections by the Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ superintendence of elections by the Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to ensure that elections are conducted honestly, justly, fairly and in accordance with law ⓘ to provide for the conduct of elections ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 213 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ Article 219 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
requires	that the Election Commission of Pakistan be constituted in accordance with the Constitution ⓘ
subjectMatter	electoral administration ⓘ independence of Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ

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Election Commission of Pakistan → constitutionalArticle → Article 218 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ