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The '''Legal Framework Order, 2002''' was issued by [[Pakistan]]i president [[Pervez Musharraf]] in August 2002. It provided for the general elections of 2002 and the revival of the 1973 [[Constitution of Pakistan]], and added numerous amendments to the Constitution. The following month, the [[Supreme Court (Pakistan)|Supreme Court]] overruled Musharraf, ruling that the amendments would have to be ratified by Parliament in the manner provided in the unamended 1973 Constitution&mdash;the amendments would have to be approved by two-thirds of both houses of the [[bicameral]] body.

After the [[2002 Pakistani general election|October 2002 general elections]], although Musharraf's supporters had a majority in Parliament, they did not have the required two-thirds [[supermajority]] to ratify the Legal Framework Order. Parliament remained effectively deadlocked for over a year due to strong opposition from Musharraf's critics. In December 2003, a faction was persuaded to vote for a compromise amendment bill, the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan]]. With this amendment, parts of the Legal Framework Order were incorporated into the Constitution.

== External links ==
* [http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/musharraf_const_revival/lfo.html Text of Legal Framework Order, 2002]

[[Category:Constitution of Pakistan]]