 Well my dear students, the course is Labour Policy Pakistan and we are going to study very important fundamental right and that is Article 17, Freedom of Association. Dear students in English law, freedom of association includes forming and belonging to political parties. Freedom of association means belonging with political parties. You see, political parties deal with political ideologies. If you want to be a part of a political party then no problem, you can be a part of freedom of association. Apart from this, what is association? When more than one person is a part of a political party and more than one person is a part of an ideology and works for a particular purpose, then you call it association. Apart from political parties, there are platforms such as trade unions, societies and other organizations like this. A citizen is free to join any association under the freedom of association but the condition is that this association will not be made for criminal work. Such action which is considered against society is called criminal action and such action which is called civil wrong against an individual. Apart from this, there is another condition on the right of freedom association but this association should not be made for police or armed forces to use these functions. Article 17 of the constitution of Pakistan says that every citizen shall have the right to form associations or unions subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, public order or morality. Reasonable restrictions can be imposed so that sovereignty of Pakistan can be done. So freedom of association cannot be an exercise against sovereignty of Pakistan. Integrity of Pakistan cannot be an exercise against the integrity of Pakistan. Public order or morality cannot be an exercise against the integrity of Pakistan. But this right is not for civil servants who are in charge of the government. Here, in the second paragraph, the government declares that any political party has been formed or is operating in a manner prejudicial to the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, the federal government shall within 15 days of such declaration refer the matter to the Supreme Court whose decision on such reference shall be final. And the decision of the Supreme Court shall be final in this manner. A condition characterized by the absence of widespread criminal and political violence absence or amun in the country is harmful to someone or something detrimental. Hope you have understood the topic. Thank you very much.