GAT (Graduate Assessment Test) Syllabus 2026

GAT (Graduate Assessment Test) Paper Pattern

Syllabus for Law Graduate Assessment Test (LAW-GAT)

1. Constitution (Total MCQs: 20)

1. Constitutional History of Pakistan (Cases) — 05 MCQs

   i. Maulvi Tamiz-ud-Din Khan vs. Governor General of Pakistan (PLD 1955 F.C. 240)

   ii. The State vs. Dosso and Others (PLD 1958 S.C. 533)

   iii. Miss Asma Jilani vs Government of Pakistan (PLD 1972 S.C. 139)

   iv. Begum Nusrat Bhutto vs. Chief of Army Staff (PLD 1977 S.C. 657)

   v. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif vs. President of Pakistan (PLD 1993 S.C. 473)

   vi. Al-Jehad Trust vs Federation of Pakistan (Judges Case) (PLD 1996 S.C. 324)

   vii. Zafar Ali Shah and Others vs. General Pervez Musharraf, Chief Executive of Pakistan (PLD 2000 S.C. 869)

   viii. Khan Asfandyar Wali and Others vs. Federation of Pakistan (PLD 2001 S.C. 607)

2. Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 (Fundamental Rights, from Preamble to Articles 40; Parliament Articles 50–89; The Judicature Articles 175–212) — 10 MCQs

3. International Law — 05 MCQs

   i. United Nations Charter

   ii. International Court of Justice

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2. Jurisprudence (Total MCQs: 10)

1. English Jurisprudence (Sir John Salmond – Jurisprudence for LLB students) — 05 MCQs

2. Islamic Jurisprudence (Prof. Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee) — 05 MCQs

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3. Civil Procedure Code (CPC) — 20 MCQs

Preamble to Sections: 12, 15–20, 47, 75, 96, 104, 115, 151
Orders: 1, 6–9, 39, 41, 43

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4. Criminal Law — 20 MCQs

A) Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) — 10 MCQs
i. Chapter 2: General Explanations/Definitions
ii. Chapter 4: General Exceptions
iii. Chapter 16: Offences Affecting the Human Body
iv. Chapter 16-A: Wrongful Restraint & Wrongful Confinement
v. Chapter 17: Offences Against Property

B) Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — 10 MCQs
i. Chapter 1: Preliminary Definitions
ii. Chapter 5: Arrest, Escape and Retaking
iii. Chapter 7: Processes to Compel Production of Documents & Discovery of Persons Wrongfully Confined
iv. Chapter 8: Security for Keeping Peace and Good Behaviour
v. Chapter 10: Public Nuisance
vi. Chapter 11: Temporary Orders in Urgent Cases of Nuisance and Apprehended Danger
vii. Chapter 14: Information to Police and Investigation (FIR)
viii. Chapter 16: Complaints to Magistrate
ix. Chapter 17: Commencement of Proceedings Before Court
x. Chapter 31: Appeals
xi. Chapter 39: Bail

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5. Law of Evidence (Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order, 1984) — 20 MCQs

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6. Professional Ethics — 10 MCQs

Canons of Professional Conduct and Etiquette of Advocates
Chapter 12 (Rules 134–175B), Pakistan Legal Practitioners & Bar Council Rules, 1976

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Total MCQs: 100