The 1962 Constitution of Pakistan established a presidential system of government with a strong executive president elected for a 5-year term by an electoral college. Key powers of the president included appointing governors, ministers, and judges. The unicameral National Assembly could not dissolve the executive. An independent judiciary could declare laws unconstitutional. The constitution aimed to establish an Islamic republic and centralized federal system, but provincial autonomy was weakened by gubernatorial powers and fiscal arrangements favoring West Pakistan.

2. INTRODUCTION
Announced on
1st march 1962
by ayub
Contained 250
articles
Divided into
12 parts
3 schedules
Named as
Islamic Republic
Of Pakistan
Distinguish
feature was
Presidential
Form of
government

3. PRESIDENTIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT
• The president elected freely of the legislature
• And had direct command from the electors to perform the executive
functions of government
• President hold office for fixed term
• And could not be removed from office by an inverse vote
• But by a special process of impeachment
• Legislature was supreme law-making body and elected independently
• And could not dissolved by executive or president
• And no proposal become law unless voted by this body
• Judiciary was responsible for the intrepretation of laws

4. POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT
• Muslim not less than 35 years age
• Commission support direct but president was elected indirectly by an
electoral college
• 80,000 Electors ,equally selected form east and west Pakistan
• 21-25 age on which they were eligible foe electoral college

5. CONTINUES
• Limit of nominated candidate is 3,
• If number exceed
• N.A has to arrange a joint session of
N.A and Provincial
• So may it will 4
• Period fixed for President Five years
• Not eligible for election if any person
has 8 years tenure of President ship.
• May be possible if Joint session of N.A
and Provincial will allow him for Re-
Election.
Selection of
candidate for the
election to the
office of President

6. CONTINUE…..
Impeachment and
removal of the
President
On the other way
impeachment will
be passed not less
than ¾ votes of N.A
• Could be impeached on;
• Charge violet constitution and
misconduct
• 1/3 of total member of N.A
• Written notice to speaker for removal
• With charge
• President can appear at the time of
notice and argument
• If the removal failed to obtained one-
half of total number
• The person who gave notice of
removal, he will be cease form N.A

7. CONTINUE..
Independence of
executive authority
The president could
appoint
The supreme command of
the defense services was
also assigned by president
• President
• Head of state
• Chief of executive
• Reserved substantial law-making powers
• Governor
• Central ministers
• Auditor general
• Judges of supreme court
• He had power
• To raise the maintenance of defense services of
Pakistan
• To grant commissions to appoint chief
commander
• And their salaries and pensions

8. CONTINUE
The president
and his
cabinet
• The president could appoint a council
of ministers to assist him in the
performance in his duties
• The president was empower
• To dismiss governor or minister
• If the member of N.A will be appoint in
President Council, he will be loose his
seat from N.A

9. PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND LEGISLATURE
• Veto power to President
• If a bill passed by N.A
• President could do one thing of the following
• Give assent on bill
• Withhold assent from the bill; Or
• Return bill to the N.A with a message requesting that the bill or a particular
establishment of the of the bill be considered and amendments suggested in
his message be consideration
• If the president did not take any of these three steps, the bill would be thought to
have received his assent after expiry of thirty days.
• The bill was sent to president 2nd time , President could do either of the following
• Give assent to the bill
• Refer the bill to a vote under article 24 in the form of question whether the bill
should or should not receive assent.
• If the bill received majority votes of the total number of members of the electoral
college, the president would be vote to have assented to the bill.

10. CONTINUE….
Legislature
power of the
president
• President has power
to issue an ordinance
at any time
• At time when N.A
dissolved as well
• President empowered
• When majority of
total number of N.A
approved an
ordinance

11. CONTINUE
Presidential
control over the
budget
N.A has no power
to reject any item
of the budget
• No proposal relating
to money bills could
be made except with
the recommendations
of the President

12. CONTINUE…
Emergency
powers of
the
President
• President
could issue
declaration of
emergency
• No fixed time
for
emergency

13. A CENTRALIZED FEDERAL SYSTEM
• Central government dominancy on provincial government
• Only one list of subject made for centre and left subject for province
• 49 items in that list

14. A UNI-CAMERAL CENTRAL LEGISLATURE
• Uni-cameral known as N.A
• 156 total members
• 150 elected from both East and West Pakistan (75 each)
• 6 seats reserved for women (3 for each)
• Indirect elected by electoral college
• 25 age limit
• A person could not sit more than one seat
• If the member of the N.A will be President or Governor
• he will be cease from N.A

15. GOVERNORS AND PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE
• The provincial cabinet was responsible
• to Governor
• but however Governor could not appoint or dismiss any Provincial minister
without agreement of President.
• Governor Could dissolve Provincial Assembly.

16. RELATION BETWEEN THE CENTRE AND
PROVINCE
• Centre power over Province
• Residuary power had been announced in the province

17. DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES
BETWEEN CENTRE AND PROVINCE
• Distributions of taxes and duties
• Income tax rate and excise duties
• 55% for west Pakistan
• 45% for the East Pakistan
• Sales tax
• 70% on the basis of population
• 30% on the basis of incidence

18. AN INDEPENDENCE JUDICIARY
• First amendment
• Made in1963
• Greatly changed position
• Judiciary announced judgment over the virus of legislature
• Other Provision are similar to 1956 such as
• Appointment of judges to the supreme court with the consent of chief
justice
• And many more

19. ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
• Electoral college elect Indirect elections
• For both N.A and President
• Electoral college
• Period fixed 5 years
• Not less than 25 years age

20. ISLAMIC CHARACTER OF THE CONSTITUTION
• The Islamic republic of Pakistan
• The principle of policy
• Organizations should be created for zakkat
• Islami knowledge and Quran compulsory