THE TALE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS IN PAKISTAN

Afzaal Amin MPhil Scholar of Political Science
Mr.Hakim Said PhD Scholar Department of Political Science Awkum
Dr. Fazli Dayan Assistant Professor Department of Sharia and Law Islamia College University Peshawar
Dr.Manzoor Ahmad Associate Professor Department of Political Science Awkum
Mr. Talha Sikandar LLM Scholar Law College University of Peshawar
Dr.Husnul Amin Associate Professor Department of Sharia and Law IIU Islamabad
Riaz Ahmad Khan Research Assistant Legal Department of Law Awkum

Abstract

Pakistan is a developing country. In this country the Purchasers are the most helpless class of individuals, as a result of absence of fitting comprehension of their rights and lawful cures; and mostly, the difference in the Consumer Protection Laws in vogue in the Federal capital and all the four Provinces i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. In the blink of an eye, the Islamabad Capital Territory and additionally all the four Provinces has their particular Consumer Protection statutes to be specific the Islamabad Consumer Protection Act 1995, the N.W.F.P Consumer Protection Act 1997, the Baluchistan Consumer Protection Act 2003, Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005 and the Sindh Consumer Protection Ordinance 2007. This paper will help us to understand the concept of consumer law and what are the main challenges confronted by the courts in the implementation of this law.

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