Constitution (Twenty-First Amendment) Act, 2015
Passed by the National Assembly: January 6, 2015
Passed by the Senate: January 6, 2015
Presidential Assent Received: January 7, 2015
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
WHEREAS extraordinary situation and circumstances exist which demand special
measures for speedy trial of certain offences relative to terrorism, waging of war or
insurrection against Pakistan and prevention of acts threatening the security of
Pakistan by the terrorist groups using the name of religion or a sect and also by the
members of armed groups, wings and militas;
AND WHEREAS there exists grave and unprecedented threat to the integrity of
Pakistan and objectives set out in the Preamble to the Constitution by the framers of
the Constitution, from the terrorist groups by raising of arms and insurgency using the
name of religion or a sect, or from the foreign and locally funded anti-state elements;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said terrorists groups including any such
terrorists fighting while using the name of religion or a sect, captured or to be
captured in combat with the Armed Forces or otherwise are tried by the courts
established under the Acts mentioned hereinafter in section 2;
AND WHEREAS the people of Pakistan have expressed their firm resolve through
their chosen representatives in the all parties conferences held in aftermath of the sad
and terrible terrorist attack on the Army Public School at Peshawar on 16 December
2014 to permanently wipe out and eradicate terrorists from Pakistan, it is expedient to
provide constitutional protection to the necessary measures taken hereunder in the
interest of security and integrity of Pakistan;
It is hereby enacted as follows:1. Short title and commencement:
(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty-First Amendment) Act, 2015.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
(3) The provisions of this Amendment Act shall remain in force for a period of two years
from the date of its commencement and shall cease to form part of the Constitution and
shall stand repealed on the expiration of the said period.
2. Amendment of Article 175 of the Constitution:
In the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter called the Constitution, in
Article 175, in clause (3), for the full stop at the end a colon shall be substituted and thereafter,
the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:Provided that the provisions of this Article shall have no application to the trial of persons
under any of the Acts metnioned at serial No. 6, 7, 8 and 9 of sub-part III or Part I of the First
Schedule, who claims, or is known, to belong to any terrorist group or organization using the
name of religion or a sect.
Explanation:- In this proviso, the expression ‘sect’ means a sect of religion and does not
include any religious or political party regulated under the Political Parties Order, 2002."
.
3. Amendment of First Schedule of the Constitution:
In the Constitution, in the First Schedule, in sub-part III of Part I, after entry 5, the following
new entries shall be added, namely:6. The Pakistan Army Act, 1952 (XXXXIX of 1952).
7. The Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953 (VI of 1953).
8. The Pakistan Navy Ordinance, 1961 (XXXV of 1961).
9. The Protection of Pakistan Act, 2014 (X of 2014).
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
An extraordinary situation and circumstances exist which demand special measures
for speedy trial of offences relating to terrorism, waging of war or insurrection against
Pakistan and prevention of acts threatening the security of Pakistan. There exists
grave and unprecedented threat to the territorial integrity of Pakistan by miscreants,
terrorists and foreign funded elements. Since there is an extraordinary situation as
stated above it is expedient that an appropriate amendment is made in the
Constitution.
The Bill is designed to achieve the aforesaid objects.
2015 Cricket World Cup
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2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
Official logo of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
Dates
14 February – 29 March
Administrator(s)
International Cricket Council
Cricket format
One Day International
Tournament format(s)
Round-robin andKnockout
Host(s)
Australia
New Zealand
Participants
14
Matches played
49
Official website
Cricket World Cup
← 2011
2019 →
The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be the 11th Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be jointly hosted
by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 49 matches will be played in 14
venues with Australia staging 26 games at grounds
in Adelaide,Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosts 23
games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin,Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.[1][2] The final
match of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It will be one of the world's
largest international sports tournaments, with 14 competing teams and more than 400 accredited
players and officials taking part in it.
The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which
Australia and New Zealand had originally bid to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was
awarded to England. The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing
countries, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in a 10 to 3 vote (Pakistan later lost the cohosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team). The International Cricket
Council were sufficiently impressed with thetrans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next
World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.[3][4] This is the second time that the tournament will be held
in Australia and New Zealand, with the first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar has
been named as the 2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador by the ICC for the second time, after 2011
Cricket World Cup where he was the ambassador. [5]
India are the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2011 when it was held in the
Indian subcontinent, defeating Sri Lanka in the finals by 6 wickets. Tickets for the Pool B match
between India and Pakistan scheduled on 15 February 2015, were reportedly sold out within 12
minutes.[6]
Qualification
Highlighted are the countries to participate in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Qualified as full member of ICC
Qualified via WCL or qualifier
Participate in qualifier but failed to qualify
Main articles: 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship and 2014 Cricket World Cup
Qualifier
Per ICC regulations, the 10 ICC full member nations qualify for the tournament automatically.
Immediately after the 2011 World Cup, it was decided that the next tournament would be reduced to
only feature the 10 full members.[14]This was met with heavy criticism from a number of associate
nations, especially from the Ireland cricket team, who had performed well in 2007 and 2011.
Following support shown by the ICC Cricket Committee for a qualification process,[15] the ICC
retracted their decision in June 2011 and decided that 14 teams will participate in the 2015 World
Cup, including four associate or affiliate member nations.[16]
At the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new
qualifying format. The top two teams of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League
Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join the third and fourth-placed teams
of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of 2013 ICC World Cricket
League Division Three in a 10-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places.[17][18]
On 9 July 2013, as a result of a tied match against Netherlands, Ireland became the first country to
qualify for the 2015 World Cup.[19] On 4 October 2013, Afghanistan qualified for their first Cricket
World Cup after beating Kenya to finish in second place behind Ireland.[20]
Scotland defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and
both teams qualified for the last 2 spots in the 2015 Cricket World cup.
Method
Team
of
qualificat
Past
Last
appearan
appeara
ces
nce
ion
England
South
Africa
India
10
Full member 6
10
Previous best
Ran
Gro
performance
k[nb 1]
up
2011
Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992) 1
A
2011
Semi-finals (1992, 1999, 2007)
2
B
2011
Champions (1983, 2011)
3
B
Method
Team
of
qualificat
Past
Last
appearan
appeara
ces
nce
ion
Australi
10
a
2011
Previous best
performance
Champions (1987, 1999, 2003,
Ran
k
[nb 1]
Gro
up
4
A
2007)
Sri
Lanka
Pakista
n
West
Indies
Banglad
esh
10
2011
Champions (1996)
5
A
10
2011
Champions (1992)
6
B
10
2011
Champions (1975, 1979)
7
B
4
2011
Super 8 (2007)
8
A
finals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2 9
A
Semi-
New
10
Zealand
2011
007, 2011)
Zimbab
we
Ireland
WCL
8
2011
Super 6 (1999, 2003)
10
B
2
2011
Super 8 (2007)
11
B
Method
of
Team
qualificat
Past
Last
appearan
appeara
ces
nce
ion
stan
Championsh
Afghani ip
0
Scotlan
d
[21]
Previous best
performance
Ran
k
[nb 1]
Gro
up
—
—
12
A
2
2007
Group stage (1999, 2007)
13
A
1
1996
Group stage (1996)
14
B
World Cup
United
Qualifier
Arab
Emirates
1.
Jump up^ Full members' ranks are based on the ICC ODI Championship rankings as of 31
December 2012.
Group stage
A total of 42 matches will be played throughout the group stage of tournament. The top four teams
from each pool will qualify for the quarter-finals.
Pool A
Team
England
Australia
Sri Lanka
Pld W L T NR NRR
Pts
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Afghanistan
Scotland
14 February
11:00
Scorecard
New Zealand
v
Sri Lanka
Australia
v
England
New Zealand
v
Scotland
Match 1
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
14 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 2
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
17 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 6
University Oval, Dunedin
18 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan
v
Bangladesh
New Zealand
v
England
Australia
v
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
v
Sri Lanka
Match 7
Manuka Oval, Canberra
20 February
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 9
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
21 February
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 11
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
22 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 12
University Oval, Dunedin
23 February
11:00
Scorecard
England
v
Scotland
Afghanistan
v
Scotland
Bangladesh
v
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
v
Australia
England
v
Sri Lanka
Match 14
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
26 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 17
University Oval, Dunedin
26 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 18
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
28 February
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 20
Eden Park, Auckland
1 March
11:00
Scorecard
Match 22
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
4 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia
v
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
v
Scotland
New Zealand
v
Afghanistan
Australia
v
Sri Lanka
Match 26
WACA Ground, Perth
5 March
11:00
Scorecard
Match 27
Saxton Oval, Nelson
8 March
11:00
Scorecard
Match 31
McLean Park, Napier
8 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 32
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
9 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh
v
England
Scotland
v
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
v
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
v
England
Match 33
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
11 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 35
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
13 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 37
Seddon Park, Hamilton
13 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 38
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
14 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia
v
Scotland
Match 40
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Pool B
Team
Pld W L T NR NRR
Pts
South Africa
India
Pakistan
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Ireland
United Arab Emirates
15 February
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa
Match 3
Seddon Park, Hamilton
15 February
14:00 (D/N)
v
Zimbabwe
Scorecard
India
v
Pakistan
Ireland
v
West Indies
United Arab Emirates
v
Zimbabwe
Pakistan
v
West Indies
India
v
South Africa
Match 4
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
16 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 5
Saxton Oval, Nelson
19 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 8
Saxton Oval, Nelson
21 February
11:00
Scorecard
Match 10
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
22 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 13
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
24 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies
v
Zimbabwe
Ireland
v
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
v
West Indies
India
v
United Arab Emirates
Match 15
Manuka Oval, Canberra
25 February
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 16
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
27 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 19
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
28 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 21
WACA Ground, Perth
1 March
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan
v
Zimbabwe
Ireland
v
South Africa
Pakistan
v
United Arab Emirates
India
v
West Indies
Match 23
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
3 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 24
Manuka Oval, Canberra
4 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 25
McLean Park, Napier
6 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 28
WACA Ground, Perth
7 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan
v
South Africa
Ireland
v
Zimbabwe
India
v
Ireland
South Africa
v
United Arab Emirates
India
v
Zimbabwe
Match 29
Eden Park, Auckland
7 March
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 30
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
10 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 34
Seddon Park, Hamilton
12 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 36
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
14 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Match 39
Eden Park, Auckland
15 March
11:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates
v
West Indies
v
Pakistan
Match 41
McLean Park, Napier
15 March
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland
Match 42
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide