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The Objectives Resolution has henceforth been inserted as a preamble into each of Pakistan's subsequent constitutions. [12] The country became a republic when its first constitution was approved in 1956 but this was abrogated in 1958 after a military Coup d'état. [13] Pakistan's second constitution was approved in 1962.
The second martial law was imposed on 25 March 1969 by General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, after General Ayub Khan handed over power to the army commander-in-chief, and not the speaker of National Assembly as laid down by the constitution. On assuming the presidency, General Yahya Khan acceded to popular demands by abolishing the one-unit system ...
The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں دوسری ترمیم) became a part of the Constitution of Pakistan on 7 September 1974 under the Government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. [1] It declared that Ahmadis (whom the amendment calls Qadianis) were non-Muslims. [1]
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.
A bill to provide a constitution for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was introduced in the assembly on February 2, 1973. The assembly passed the bill nearly unanimously on April 10, 1973, and it was endorsed by the acting President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 12, 1973. [13] [7] The constitution came into effect on August 14, 1973. [7]
Bhutto became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party, in 1982. Six years later, she became the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state. [10] [24] President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved her government using article 58-2b of Constitution. 8th — Office vacant August 6, 1990 – November 6, 1990 [f] 12: Nawaz Sharif
While the tradition of British law culture continues to remain an integral part of the judiciary, the modern existence of the Supreme Court of Pakistan came when the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan was promulgated on 23 March 1956.: 10–11 [8]: 24–26 [9] The ratification of the Constitution of Pakistan reestablished the Supreme ...
0–9. First Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan