Constitution Of Pakistan 1972 The interim constitution was thal rovisional document adopled by the national assembly on 17th April and enforced on 21st April 1972 which provided the guideline for runnina the administration of the country till 14th Aug 1972 when the permanent constitution of 1973 became operational The emergency declared by Yahya Khan continued and Bhutto entered into the corriders of power riding on the horse of martial law However, the political Oppasilion could not let him behave dictatorialfy and tried to rein in his authority So, a presidential order, National Assernoly (Short Session) Order 1972, authorized Lhe assembly to draftthe interim constitution before the permanent one The interim constitution provided for a presidential form of government The president was required to be a Muslim of at least 40 years who was also the supreme commander of armed forces The president elected for 5 years was assisted by 4 council of ministers each of which was required Lo be a member of the national assembly iL means the constitution afforded a presidential system with a blend of the parliamentar\ system ag iL made the cabinet or the council of ministers responsible Lo the parliament Moreover, the office of the vice-president wag also given Aunicameral legislature empowered Lo legislate on all matters or subjects included in the federal and the concurrent {ists Similarly, in the provinces, a unicarneral legislature was provided The assemblies elected in the 1970’s election were to constitute the provincial assemblies under the interim constitution They were empowered to legislate on subjects written in the provincial legislative list and the concurrent list Moreover, the parliamentary system was introduced at the provincial levels Governor was the head of the provincial executive aided fy a council of minisLers headed oy the chief minister The council wascollectively responsible Lo the provincial assembly As tor Martial law, it was lifted with the entorcement of the interim constitution but some specified martial law regulations and orders were deemed to have become ActS The power for amending the constitulion however vested in the president who was empowered to make Such necessary adaptation required Lo pul it into effective operation On the day, the interim constitution was adopted by the national assembly a committee for drafting the permanent constituLion was also constituted AbdulHafiz Pirzada was the chairman of this committee lrrespective of all given difficulties, the permanent constilution was adopled oy the assembly and replaced the interim constitution on 14th Aug 1973