Constituent

Assembly of
Pakistan
Responsible for writing the constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan

was Pakistan
Pakistan's
's first parliament and first
met on 10 August, 1947.[1] The next day
Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(1876-1948), was elected as the President
of the assembly and the new national flag
was approved.[1] On 14 August, 1947,
Jinnah gave a speech which outlined the
important principles of the future
government of an independent Pakistan.[2]
Jinnah was chosen as the first Governor-
General of Pakistan.[3] The assembly's
main task was to write a new constitution
for Pakistan.

This was a difficult task, however the

assembly did agree on the "Objective
Resolution" on 12 March, 1949.[4] A special
committee of 24 members of the
Constituent Assembly worked on a
constitution based on the ideas in the
Objective Resolution.[1] The Governor-
General, Ghulam Muhammad, shut down
the assembly on 24 October 1954, before
the draft constitution could be
presented.[1] The President of the
Assembly, took legal action as he believed
that shutting down the assembly was
illegal. He lost the case in the Federal
Court.[1]
A second Constituent Assembly of
Pakistan was formed on 28 May 1955.[1]
They wrote the new constitution which
came into force on 23 March 1956.[1]

References
1. "National Assembly of Pakistan" .
na.gov.pk. 2011. Retrieved 9 October
2011.
2. Jinnah, Muhammad Ali (2011). "Mr.
Jinnah's address to the Constituent
Assembly of Pakistan" . columbia.edu.
Retrieved 9 October 2011.
3. "Jinnah, Muhammad Ali" . Chambers
Biographical Dictionary. 2007.
Retrieved 9 October 2011.
4. "Annex: The Objectives Resolution" .
pakistani.org. 2011. Retrieved 9
October 2011.