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A state of emergency was declared by President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007 which lasted until 15 December 2007, during which the Constitution of Pakistan was suspended. [1] [2] When the state of emergency was declared, Musharraf controversially held both positions of President and Chief of Army Staff.
The president of Pakistan is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The complete list of presidents of Pakistan includes the persons sworn into the office of president following the proclamation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956. There have been a total of 13 presidents. The first president was Iskander Ali Mirza who ...
The current head of state of Pakistan is Asif Ali Zardari, elected in 2024 after being nominated by the Pakistan People's Party. From 1947 to 1956 the head of state was the Pakistani monarch, who was the same person as the monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The Monarch was represented in Pakistan by the Governor ...
Unicameral Legislature – A single house, only a National Assembly that would consist of 300 members; 150 members from each East and West Pakistan; President – Required to be a Muslim and ceremonial head of state. In case of internal or external danger she/he could declare a state of emergency in the country.
The Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is an emergency and extra-constitutional order that suspends either wholly or partially the Constitution of Pakistan — the supreme law of the land. [ 1 ] The PCO acts as a temporary order while the constitution is held in abeyance or suspension. [ 2 ]
The president of Pakistan (Urdu: صدرِ پاکستان, romanized: s̤adr-i Pākistān) is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces. [4] [5] The presidency is a ceremonial position in Pakistan. The president is bound to act ...
[50]: 185–185 On 14 October 1999, Musharraf appeared on television to declare a state of emergency and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order that ultimately suspended the writ of the Constitution of Pakistan and dissolved the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies, although they left Muhammad Rafiq Tarar in office as President.
President Mirza declared a state of emergency, imposed martial law, suspended the constitution, and dissolved both the socialist government in East Pakistan and the parliamentary government in West Pakistan. [93] General Ayub Khan was Chief Martial Law Administrator, with authority throughout the country. [92]