16. Slavery and forced labor prohibited.- (1) No person shall be held in slavery.
(2) All forms of forced labor are prohibited, but the State may require compulsory service for public purposes.
17. Safeguard against discrimination in services.- (1) No citizen otherwise qualified for appointment in the service of Pakistan shall be discriminated against in respect of any such appointment on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth:
Provided that for a period of fifteen years from the Constitution Day, posts may be reserved for persons belonging to any class or area to secure their adequate representation in the service of Pakistan:
Provided further that in the interest of the said service, specified posts or services may be reserved for members of either sex.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent any Provincial Government or any local or other authority from prescribing, in relation to any class of service under that Government or authority, conditions as to residence in the Province prior to appointment under that Government or authority.
18. Freedom to profess religion and to manage religious institutions.- Subject to law, public order and morality-
(a) every citizen has the right to profess, practice and propagate any religion; and
(b) every religious denomination and every sect thereof has the right to establish, maintain and manage its religious institutions.
19. Preservation of culture, script, and language.- Any section of citizens having a distinct language, script or culture shall have the right to preserve the same.
20. Abolition of untouchability- Untouchability is abolished, and its practice in any forms forbidden and shall be declared by law to be an offence.
21. Safeguard against taxation for purposes of any particular religion- No person shall be compelled to pay any special tax the proceeds of which are to be spent on the propagation or maintenance of any religion other than his own.
22. Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part.- (1) The right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part is guaranteed.
(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to issue to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases any Government, directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, whichever may be appropriate, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by his Part.
