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270A. Affirmation of President’s Orders, etc.–

History
I earlier wrote about the curse of article 270 here, Article 270A was however introduced first time by the first mad dictator (after 1973 constitution) , this article displays the moral and intellectual corruption of jadoogar of Jaddah Mr. Sharif-ud-din Peerzada. To my knowledge Pakistan’s constitution is the only constitution in the world which has the name of a person and that too a military dictator, being declared the President.
This article has very interesting history though. On 2nd March 1985 , article 270A was first time inserted into the constitution, which read as follows:

270-A
(1) The Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977, all President’s Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders and all other laws made between the fifth day of July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes into force, are hereby declared, notwithstanding any judgment of any court, to have been validly made by competent authority and, notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution, shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever.
(2) All orders made, proceedings taken and acts done by any authority, or by any person, which were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done, between the fifth day of July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes into force, in exercise of the powers derived from any Proclamation, President’s Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notification, rules, orders or bye-laws, or in execution of or in compliance with any order made or sentence passed by any authority in the exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any court, be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done and shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever.
(3) All President’s Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notifications, rules, orders or bye-laws in force immediately before the date on which this Article comes in to force shall continue in force until altered, repealed or amended by competent authority.
(4) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie in any court against any authority or any person, for or on account of or in respect of any order made, proceedings taken or act done whether in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers referred to in clause (2) or in execution of or in compliance with orders made or sentences passed in exercise or purported exercise of such powers.
(5) For the purposes of clauses (1), (2) and (4), all orders made, proceedings taken, acts done or purporting to be made, taken or done by any authority or person shall be deemed to have been made, taken or done in good faith and for the purpose intended to be served thereby.
(6) The President’s Orders referred to in clause (1) shall not be altered, repealed or amended without the previous sanction of the President.
Explanation:- In this Article, “President’s Orders” includes “President and Chief Martial Law Administrator’s Order, and Chief Martial Law Administrator’s Orders.”

Reading carefully the original wordings of this article , shows that how much establishment was afraid of the Judiciary which can at any time look into the Martial Law orders, remember the judiciary at that time was nothing more than the pocket judges of mad dictator , however he was afraid of the future.
Later on with elections in 1985 , the original article was than amended by the 8th amendment as follows:

270A. Affirmation of President’s Orders, etc.
(1) The Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977, all President’s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, including the Referendum Order, 1984 (P. O. No. 11 of 1984), under which, in consequence of the result of the referendum held on the nineteenth day of December 1984, General Muhammad Zia- ul-Haq became the President of Pakistan on the day of the first meeting of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in joint sitting for the term specified in clause (7) of Article 41, the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P. O. No. 14 of 1985), the Constitution (Second Amendment) Order 1985 (P. O. No. 24 of 1985), and all other laws, made between the fifth day of July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes into force are hereby affirmed, adopted and declared, notwithstanding any judgment of any court, to have been validly made by competent authority and, notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution, shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever:
(2) All order made, proceedings taken and acts done by any authority or by any person, which were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done, between the fifth day of July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes into force, in exercise of the powers derived from any Proclamation, President’s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notifications, rules, orders or by-laws, or in execution of or in compliance with any order made or sentence passed by any authority in the exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any court, be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done and shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever.
Provided that a President’s Order, Martial Law Regulation or Martial Law Order made after the thirtieth day of September, 1985, shall be confined only to making such provisions as facilitate, or are incidental to, the revocation of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977.
(3) All President’s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notifications, rules, orders or by-laws in force immediately before the date on which this Article comes into force shall continue in force until altered, repealed or amended by competent authority.
Explanation. In this clause, Competent authority means-
(a) in respect of President’s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders and enactments, the Legislature; and
(b) in respect of notifications, rules orders and by-laws, the authority in which the power to made, alter, repeal or amend the same vests under the law.
(4) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie in any court against any authority or any person, for or on account of or in respect of any order made, proceedings taken or act done whether in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers referred to in clause (2) or in execution of or in compliance with orders made or sentences passed in exercise or purported exercise of such powers.
(5) For the purposes of clauses (1), (2) and (4), all orders made, proceedings taken, acts done or purporting to be made, taken or done by any authority or person shall be deemed to have been made, taken or done in good faith and for the purpose intended to be served thereby.
(6) Such of the President’s Orders and Ordinances referred to in clause (1) as are specified in the Seventh Schedule may be amended in the manner provided for amendment of the Constitution, and all other laws referred to in the said clause may be amended by the appropriate Legislature in the manner provided for amendment of such laws. Explanation. In this Article, “President’s Orders” includes “President and Chief Martial Law Administrator’s Orders” and “Chief Martial Law Administrator’s Orders.”

Commentry
The proposed amendment in this article removes the following words under which, in consequence of the result of the referendum held on the nineteenth day of December 1984, General Muhammad Zia- ul-Haq became the President of Pakistan on the day of the first meeting of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in joint sitting for the term specified in clause (7) of Article 41,.
Only good thing about this change is that it deletes the name of General Zia-ul-Haq from the sacred document called constitution of Pakistan.