Following the establishment of the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, the laws of the erstwhile British Raj remained in force.
At no point in Pakistan's legal history was there an intention to begin the statute book afresh.
In some Federally and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas [(FATA) and (PATA)], a system of law employing traditional methods, which persists at the local level.
[1][2] The political ideology was largely sculpted by the likes of individuals such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan – while studying law at Lincoln's Inn in London, he became an admirer of British liberalism.
[citation needed] In constitutional law matters Pakistani jurisprudence has been greatly influenced by the United States legal system, Pakistan has adopted a US-style Federal Structure.