ARTICLE 5

5. Loyalty to State and obedience to Constitution and law

(1) Loyalty to the State is the basic duty of every citizen.

(2) Obedience to the Constitution and law is the inviolable obligation of every citizen wherever he may be and of every other person for the time being within Pakistan.


— Obedience to the constitution — Scope — The higher the constitutional office or body the greater is the responsibility — Obedience to the Constitution and law is an inviolable obligation of every citizen, however, an added responsibility and obligation is placed on all those who assume their office by taking an oath — Constitutional office holders must adhere to the Constitution; fulfill the duties assigned to them as a sacred trust, and divest themselves from all that is outside their constitutional domain; only then do they serve the people of Pakistan. [PLR 2024 SC 1 = PLD 2024 SC 1]