37. Promotion of social justice and eradication of social evils. The State shall—
(a) promote, with special care, the educational and economic interests of backward classes or
areas;
(b) remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum
possible period;
(c) make technical and professional education generally available and higher education
equally accessible to all on the basis of merit;
(d) ensure inexpensive and expeditious justice;
(e) make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work, ensuring that children
and women are not employed in vocations unsuited to their age or sex, and for
maternity benefits for women in employment;
(f) enable the people of different areas, through education, training, agricultural and industrial
development and other methods, to participate fully in all forms of national activities,
including employment in the service of Pakistan;
(g) prevent prostitution, gambling and taking of injurious drugs, printing, publication,
circulation and display of obscene literature and advertisements;
(h) prevent the consumption of alcoholic liquor otherwise than for medicinal and, in the case
of nonMuslims, religious purposes; and
(i) decentralise the Government administration so as to facilitate expeditious disposal of its
business to meet the convenience and requirements of the public.
38. Promotion of social and economic well being of the people. The State shall—
(a) secure the wellbeing of the people, irrespective of sex, caste, creed or race, by raising
their standard of living, by preventing the concentration of wealth and means of
production and distribution in the hands of a few to the detriment of general interest and
by ensuring equitable adjustment of rights between employers and employees, and
landlords and tenants;
(b) provide for all citizens, within the available resources of the country, facilities for work
and adequate livelihood with reasonable rest and leisure;
(c) provide for all persons employed in the service of Pakistan or otherwise, social security by
compulsory social insurance or other means;
(d) provide basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, housing, education and medical
relief, for all such citizens, irrespective of sex, caste, creed or race, as are permanently or
temporarily unable to earn their livelihood on account of infirmity, sickness or
unemployment;
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