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The 1973 constitution was the first in Pakistan to be framed by elected representatives. Unlike the 1962 constitution it gave Pakistan a parliamentary democracy with executive power concentrated in the office of the prime minister, and the formal head of state—the president—limited to acting on the advice of the prime minister. [14]
The Constitutional Amendment was supported by both the government and the opposition, and was thus passed unanimously. With the enforcing of this amendment, Pakistan's system of government was shifted from Semi-presidential system to Parliamentary democratic republic system.
Enables the prime minister to obtain a vote of confidence of the people of Pakistan. 16 May 1977 Full Text: 8th: Changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential system by giving the President a number of additional powers. 11 November 1985 Full Text: 9th: Bill to impose Shariah law as the supreme law of land.
The Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان, romanized: hukūmat-e-pākistān) (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, [a] commonly known as the Centre, [b] is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of four provinces and one federal territory.
The Politics of Pakistan (سیاسیاتِ پاکستان ; ISO: Siyāsiyāt-e-Pākistāna) takes place within the framework established by the constitution.The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of autonomy and residuary powers.
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic, powers shared between the Federal government and the provinces. Relations between federation and provinces is defined in Part V(Articles 141–159) of the constitution. [1] Many Pakistani parties follow a federalist and regionalist ideology
The constitutional package was presented by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and attracted support from other parties; including the Pakistan People's Party, with its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, with its chief Gohar Ali Khan, who expressed their agreement with the draft, citing previous consensus ...
Pakistan became independent of the United Kingdom in 1947, but remained a British Dominion, like Canada and Australia, until 1956.Under Section 8 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Government of India Act 1935 - with certain adaptations - served as the working constitution of Pakistan; still, the need of a full independence and a constitution to be framed by the elected representatives ...