The rights for the citizen of Pakistan are known as fundamental rights. The state of Pakistan cannot deprive any citizen of these rights neither a law can be made against these human rights.
Now-a-days, terms like ‘right to education’, ‘right to information’ and ‘right to protest
peacefully’ are being used quite frequently. Many a time, you also feel that you have
certain rights. Simultaneously, you may have been told by some one, may be your
teacher, that you have certain duties towards other individuals, society, nation or the
humanity. But do you think that every human being enjoys the rights or everyone
performs the duties? Perhaps not. But everyone will agree that there are certain rights
that must be enjoyed by individuals. Particularly, in a democratic country like ours,
there are rights that must be guaranteed to every citizen. Similarly there are certain
duties that must be performed by democratic citizens. Which is why, the Constitution
of India guarantees some rights to its citizens. They are known as Fundamental Rights.
Besides, the Indian Constitution also enlists certain core duties that every citizen is
expected to perform. These are known as Fundamental Duties. This lesson aims at
discussing the details about the Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties.
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
explain the meaning of rights and duties and critically evaluate their need and
importance in our day to day life;
assess the importance of Fundamental Rights given in the Constitution of India
and analyse their exceptions and restrictions;
appreciate the implications of recently added Right to Education;
compare between Fundamental Rights and Human Rights;
understand the process of seeking justice through constitutional means in case
of violation of Fundamental Rights; and
appreciate the importance of Fundamental Duties and the need to perform them
as a good and law-abiding citizen of India.