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Pakistan - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Date of text: 1973 (2018)

Policies

National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy 2025 – 2030, Pakistan.
Date of text: 01 May 2025
Pakistan National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0.
Date of text: 01 February 2025
Pakistan's Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0).
Date of text: 2025
Pakistan Policy Guidelines for Trading in Carbon Markets.
Date of text: 2024
National Clean Air Policy (NCAP).
Date of text: 02 May 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Ordinance, 1981 (No. XXXVIII of 1981).
Date of text: 29 December 1981
The Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes Act, 1973.
Date of text: 27 June 1973 (03 August 2022)
Rules relative to the Pakistan Agricultural Storage Services Corporation (PASSCO) Ltd.
Date of text: 0000
Balochistan: Balochistan Fertilizer Control Act, 2022 (Act No. III of 2022).
Date of text: 08 March 2022
Sindh: Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Date of text: 15 January 2020

Climate change

Pakistan Climate Change Act, 2017.
Date of text: 31 March 2017
Global Change Impact Studies Centre Act, 2013 (No. XVII).
Date of text: 26 March 2013

Cultivated plants

Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2016.
Date of text: 07 December 2016
Pakistan Plant Quarantine Act, 1976.
Date of text: 1976
Seed Act 1976.
Date of text: 1976
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971 (II of 1971).
Date of text: 25 January 1971 (2012)
Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015.
Date of text: 27 July 2015

Disaster risk management

National Disaster Management Act, 2010 (Act No. XXIV of 2010).
Date of text: 08 December 2010
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority Act, 2011 (Act No. V of 2011).
Date of text: 09 March 2011
Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Act, 2017 (Act No. II of 2017).
Date of text: 09 August 2017
Punjab: Punjab Flood Plain Regulation Act, 2016 (No. XXVII).
Date of text: 20 April 2016

Environment

Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (Act No. XXXIV of 1997).
Date of text: 06 December 1997
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 2000.
Date of text: 2000
Compounding of Offences and Payment of Administrative Penalty Rules, 2015.
Date of text: 07 October 2015
Environmental Protection (Composition of Offences and Payment of Administrative Penalty) Rules 2014.
Date of text: 19 December 2014
Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products (manufacturing, sale and usage) Regulations 2013.
Date of text: 23 January 2013

Fisheries and aquaculture

Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishing) Act, 1975.
Date of text: 01 March 1975 (1983)
National Institute of Oceanography Act, 2007 (Act No. III of 2007).
Date of text: 27 April 2007
Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishing)(Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XXIX of 1983)
Date of text: 27 November 1983
Fisheries Act (No. 4 of 1897).
Date of text: 04 February 1897
Exclusive Fishery Zone (Regulation of Fishing) Rules, 1976.
Date of text: 1976

Food and nutrition

Pakistan Halal Authority Act, 2016 (No. VIII).
Date of text: 27 February 2016
Protection of Breast-feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance, 2002.
Date of text: 26 October 2002
Pakistan Fish Inspection and Quality Control Act (No. XXXV of 1997).
Date of text: 06 December 1997
Cantonments Pure Food Act (Act No. XVI of 1966).
Date of text: 19 July 1966
Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (Treatment of Food by Ionizing Radiation) Regulations, 1996.
Date of text: 05 March 1996

Forestry

Cutting of Trees (Prohibition) Act, 1992.
Date of text: 29 July 1992
North-West Frontier Province Protection of Trees and Brushwood Act, 1949.
Date of text: 1949 (1985)
North-West Frontier Province Management of Protected Forest Rules, 1975.
Date of text: 17 February 1976 (1985)
Forest Officers Powers, Duties and Rewards Rules, 1973.
Date of text: 06 June 1975 (1985)
Forest Rules for application in former North-West Frontier Province.
Date of text: 12 September 1950 (1985)

Gender

National Commission on the Status of Women (Amendment) Act 2021 (Act No. XIX of 2021).
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Enforcement of Women's Property Rights Act, 2020 (No. XII of 2020).
Date of text: 18 February 2020
National Commission on the Status of Women Bill, 2012 (Act No. VIII of 2012).
Date of text: 08 March 2012
Women in Distress and Detention Fund Act, 1996.
Date of text: 10 October 1996
Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2022 (Act No. III of GBA 2022).
Date of text: 07 September 2022

Land and soil

Land Reforms Act, 1977.
Date of text: 05 January 1977
Lahore Development Authority Act, 1975 (Pb. Act No. XXX of 1975).
Date of text: 03 April 1975 (06 December 2003)
Land Control Karachi Division Act, 1952.
Date of text: 15 April 1952
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Act I of 1894).
Date of text: 02 February 1894 (07 May 2011)
Easements Act, 1882 (Act No. V of 1882).
Date of text: 1882 (1981)

Livestock

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (No. XI of 1890).
Date of text: 21 March 1890
Drugs Act, 1976 (Act No. XXXI of 1976).
Date of text: 18 May 1976
Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2012 (Act No. XXI or 2012).
Date of text: 13 November 2012
Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council Act, 1996 (Act No. III of 1996).
Date of text: 06 March 1999
Pakistan Animal Quarantine (Import and Export of Animals and Animal Products) Ordinance, 1979 (No. XLIX of 1979).
Date of text: 17 September 1979

Mineral resources and energy

Mines Act, 1923 (Act No. IV of 1923).
Date of text: 23 February 1923
Petroleum Act (No. XXX of 1934).
Date of text: 06 September 1934
National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, 2016 (No. XXX).
Date of text: 29 June 2016
Punjab Power Development Board Act 2011 (Act XVIII of 2011).
Date of text: 03 October 2011 (12 March 2014)
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act 2011 (Act No. III of 2011).
Date of text: 10 February 2011

Sea

Ports Act, 1908 (Act No. XV of 1908).
Date of text: 18 December 1908
Maritime Security Agency (Amendment) Act. 2013. (Act No. VIII of 2013).
Date of text: 11 March 2013
National Institute of Oceanography Act, 2007 (Act No. III of 2007).
Date of text: 27 April 2007
Maritime Security Agency Act (Act No. X of 1994).
Date of text: 1994
Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (Act No. LXXXII).
Date of text: 22 December 1976

Social protection

Sindh: Sindh Social Protection Authority Act, 2022 (Sindh Act No. IX of 2022).
Date of text: 12 August 2022
Punjab: Punjab Ehsaas Programme Act 2022 (Act XXXI of 2022).
Date of text: 14 November 2022
Punjab: Punjab Charities Act 2018 (Act V of 2018).
Date of text: 08 March 2018
Punjab: Punjab Social Protection Authority Act 2015 (Act XXII of 2015).
Date of text: 14 April 2015
Sindh: Sindh Social Protection Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Sindh Act No. LII of 2023).
Date of text: 15 December 2023

Water

Sind Irrigation Act.
Date of text: 02 October 1879 (31 March 1976)
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Act, 2007.
Date of text: 14 April 2007
Indus River System Authority Act, 1992 (Act No. XXII of 1992).
Date of text: 10 December 1992
Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Act, 1958 (No. XXXI of 1958).
Date of text: 24 April 1958 (1994)
Easements Act, 1882 (Act No. V of 1882).
Date of text: 1882 (1981)

Wild species and ecosystems

Pakistan Trade Control of Wild Fauna and Flora Act, 2012 (No. XIV).
Date of text: 2012
Pakistan Trade Control of Wild Fauna and Flora Rules, 2018.
Date of text: 07 January 2018
Punjab: Punjab Protected Areas Act 2020.
Date of text: 10 September 2020
Sindh: Sindh Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act, 2020.
Date of text: 02 September 2020
Azad Jammu and Kashmir : Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 2014 (Act IV of 2015).
Date of text: 14 January 2015

Miscellaneous

Geographical Indications (Registration and Protection) Act, 2020 (No. XVIII of 2020).
Date of text: 27 March 2020
National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, 1999 (No. XVIII of 1999).
Date of text: 16 November 1999 (2000)
Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1947.
Date of text: 11 March 1947
Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXIV of 2017).
Date of text: 16 October 2017
Public Private Partnership Authority Act, 2017.
Date of text: 31 March 2017

International Agreements

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on cooperation in the field of mineral resources and geology.
Date of text: 11 July 2024
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on cooperation in the field of tourism.
Date of text: 11 July 2024
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Islamic Republic of the Pakistan on cooperation in the field of environment.
Date of text: 23 February 2017

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