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title: "Objectives Resolution Definition and Importance"
description: "The Objectives Resolution is Pakistan's 1949 foundational document that set guiding principles for its constitutions, crucial for understanding its governance."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Objectives Resolution is the 1949 foundational document of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly that laid down the guiding principles and ideological framework for all subsequent constitutions of Pakistan.
- Who moved the Objectives Resolution and when was it adopted?
- How did the Objectives Resolution become a substantive part of the Constitution?
- What did the Supreme Court hold in Hakim Khan v. Government of Pakistan?
- Why did minority members oppose the Resolution?

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1. 7 March 1949

   The Objectives Resolution was moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on and adopted on 12 March 1949.

2. 12 March 1949

   The Objectives Resolution was moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 7 March 1949 and adopted on .

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