Constitution

1.  Course Pakistan Studies
 Constitutional and political development in Pakistan
 1947 to 1956

2. Four governor Generals of Pakistan
1) Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (15.8.1947 to
11.9.1948
2) Khwaja Nazimuddin 14.09.1948 to 16.10.1951
3) Malik Ghulam Muhammad 19.10.1951 to 05
.10.1955
4) Major genera sikandar Mirza 06.10.1955 to
22.03.1956

3. List of prime minsters from 1947 to 1958
 Liaqut Ali khan 1947 TO 1951
 Khwaja Nazimudin 1951 to 1953
 Muhammad Ali Bogra 1953 to 1955 (SEATO AND CENTO)
 Chaudhary Muhammad Ali 1955 to 1956(constitution of
1956) one unit scheme
 Hussain shahid suherwardy from east Pakistan(1956 to
1957 ) East Pakistan
 Ibrahim ismail Chandrigar 1957 to 1957
Malik feroz khan noon 1957 to 1958 (Martial law imposed)
Total 7 prime minister upto 1958

4. Constitution -Pakistan
 A constitution is primarily a set of rules and principals
specifying how a country should be governed.
 In other words constitution is a set of laws on which a
country is to be governed.
 After freedom there was a clear division between Liberals
and theocrats on future constitution.
Written and codified constitution
Rigid constitution
25 Amendment till now
 1956 ,1962 and 1973

5. Constitution making process 1947n to 1956
 Interim constitution Pakistan
 The modified government of India act (1935) became the interim
Constitution of Pakistan in 1947.
 The constituent assembly was given the task of framing the
Constitution
 Constituent Assembly
 Pakistan’s first Constituent Assembly formed on July 26, 1947.
 Held first session on August,1947.
 Basic Principle Committee (BPC) 1949 task to formulate the
principles on which the constitution was to be drafted.
 Objective resolution
 On March 12,1949 the constituent assembly adopted the Objectives
Resolution.

6. Constitution making Process 1947 to 1959
 Objective Resolution
 The Resolution was proposed by the Prime Minister Liaquat Ali
khan (future constitution based on the ideology and democratic
faith of Islam)and passed on March 12,1949.
 Provisions
 Sovereignty belongs to Allah .
 The state shall exercise the power and authority through the
chosen representative of the people.
 The principles of democracy ,freedom , equality ,tolerance and
social justice, as enunciated by islam , shall be fully observed.
 Fundamental right shall be guaranteed.

7. Constitution making Process 1947 to 1959
 Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the
individual and collective spheres in accordance with the
teaching of Islam , Quran.
 Adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to
freely profess and practice their religious and develop
their cultures.
 Pakistan shall be a federation .
 Fundamental rights shall be guaranteed.
 The judiciary shall be independent.
 it was criticized in sections of society .

8. The Basic Principles Committee (BPC)
 24 members
 Sub- committees on federal and Provincial duties, Franchise
,judiciary , and Fundamental Rights .
 BPS(Ist draft )1950.
 The objective resolution as preamble.
 Legislature ;Bicameral Upper;(House of units)equal
representation of the units 100 members.
 Lower House (House of people) on the basis of Population -400
members.
 The Head of state elected by joint session would be for five years.
 Urdu will be national language.

9. Bogra Formula 7 October 1953
 Muahammad ali bogra worked for a workable constitution .
 Bogra formula was discussed and approved by the assembly but
assembly was dissolved by Ghulam Muhammad ,on october 1954
was reinstated by sindh high court but reverted by federal court.
 Legislature: Bicameral –the house of unit and the house of
people.
 Upper house 50 seats equally divided among 5 units namely, East
bangal ,punjab, NWFP,sindh and Baluchistan.
 Lower house 300 seats East Bengal 165 ,west pakistan 135.
 Both houses were to have equal powers in all matters .
 It maintained the principal of parity between the East and West.

10. continue
 2nd constituent Assembly 1955 members were to be elected indirectly by the
assemblies).
 One unit scheme 1955
 Provinces in the west province had complicated the issue.
 It was handled by uniting all the west provinces into (One unit, October 30
.1955)
 By this step both parts had become two units and could be addressed equally.
 One unit scheme helped the task of constitution making achieve successfully .
 The previous committees work presented in the 2nd C Aon January ,1956.
 It was approved on January 9,1956 with amendments.
 On march 23,1956 ,it was promulgated as constitution of Pakistan.
 With this Pakistan had become an Islamic Republic.

11. Main features of 1956 constitution
 Pakistan was to be federal republic
 Islamic republic of Pakistan
 Sovereignty of God Almighty
 The Head of the state shall be a Muslim
 Parliamentary form of government was adopted.
 Least rigid constitution (flexible)
 A detail and complete list of the fundamental right
 Independent judiciary
 Three list of subjects had been drawn up.
 Distribution of powers between the center and the provinces.
 Two national languages Urdu and Bengali
 Right of minorities
 Islamic advisory council shall be setup.