International Laws

This 1952 act empowers the government to organize civil defence -- covering both wartime protective measures and, since a 1994 amendment, peacetime disaster response -- including rule-making, property requisition with compensation, and penalties for violations.

A 1960 Ordinance implementing Pakistan's membership of the International Development Association, granting it legal status, tax exemptions and other immunities in Pakistan.

This 1950 act implements Pakistan's Bretton Woods obligations to the IMF and World Bank, authorising payments to them, naming the State Bank of Pakistan as their currency depository, and giving legal force to the institutions' immunities and privileges.

This 1977 Act gives the force of law in Pakistan to an international agreement granting the Organization of the Islamic Conference, its representatives, officials and experts various diplomatic-style immunities and privileges while carrying out their functions.

This 2011 Act implements the 1958 New York Convention in Pakistan, letting courts stay litigation in favour of arbitration and enforce foreign arbitral awards, while limiting the grounds on which enforcement can be refused to those set out in the Convention.

A 1956 law that adopts a UN Convention letting courts formally declare a person dead -- without a body or death certificate -- mainly for people who disappeared in 1939-1945 due to war or persecution, after a five-year wait and public notice.

This Act gives the international UN Convention on Privileges and Immunities the force of law in Pakistan, granting the United Nations, its officials, and member-state representatives immunities from legal process, tax exemptions, and inviolability of property and communications, and lets the government extend the same protections to other international organizations.