Pakistan Still Under British Rule? | Why Pakistan Failed to Legislate? | Syed Muzammil Official

Are we truly independent, or just being ruled by a different set of masters using the exact same colonial laws? At independence in 1947, Pakistan adopted the Government of India Act 1935 as its interim framework. Decades later, the core of our legal system—including the Pakistan Penal Code of 1860, the Police Act of 1861, and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898—remains heavily rooted in British colonial rule. These laws were never created to deliver justice; they were built to control us as subjects (riaya) rather than treat us as equal citizens (shehri). In this video, we break down the reality of our legal system: The Power Trap: Why political families, military governments, and the centralized bureaucracy deliberately kept these 19th-century laws to maintain administrative control and avoid accountability. Weaponizing the Law: How outdated statutes, like the Official Secrets Act of 1923 and sedition laws, are actively repurposed to target political opponents, journalists, and dissenting voices today. Falling Behind: While India completely replaced its major colonial criminal codes in 2023, Pakistan continues to rely on archaic laws that create massive judicial backlogs and shield the ruling elite. Watch the full video to understand why our system calls oppression "justice," and what it will actually take to decolonize Pakistan’s legal framework once and for all. #pakistan #clonialism #coloniallaws #politics