I submit, Sir, that in the context of article 5-A as proposed by Dr. Ambedkar, the word “now” is extremely ambiguous. It is at any rate unprecise. if the words “territory now included in Pakistan” are used, we do not know to what period of time the word “Now” refers. Does it refer to this date, the date on which this amendment is accepted? Does it refer to the 11th August 1949 or does it refer to the date when any lawyer to jurist reads the article? In fact, the word “now” is very unprecise. It has never been used in any part of this Constitution. Therefore for the word “now” I would like to substitute the words “commencement of this Constitution“. The rest is merely verbal. The word “now” is highly objectionable, it is vague and it may lead to some difference of opinion.
