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Bicameral Legislature
--Lower house will be called house of people--- 300 members, 150 seats from each side
Chief justice federal court—Justice Munir--- decided in favor of governor general on the basis of doctrine
of necessity
Total members—80
40 members were from west pak and 40 members were from east pak
1956 constitution:
23 March 1956—enforced
234 artciles
Unicameral legislature
1962 constitution
8 june 1962—implemented
250 articles
System of governance—presidential
Unicameral legislature
Basic democracies system introduced by ayub Khan—80,000 BD members—they will elect the
president
Name of country—republic of pakistan
Schedules—1956—6
1962—3
And 1973—5
PRODA Act
1958== ayub Khan he replaced proda with PODO Act and EBDO
1973 constitution
14 Aug 1973—implemented
280 articles
Bicameral legislature
Lower house—national assembly—at first 342 members, 272 initially general seats, 60 women and
10 minorities
Urdu—national language
26 amendments as of now
1st—may 1974, redefined the boundaries of Pakistan and removed east Pakistan
4th amendment—Nov 1975—decreed additional seats for minorities, deprived courts from the
power to grant bail to a person detained under preventive detention
6th amendment—dec 1976—fixed the retirement age for chief justices of high court and supreme
court—62 years age for retirement for chief justice of high court, 65 years for the retirement of chief
justice of supreme court
7th amendment—enable the pm to take vote of confidence from people of Pak—May 1977
8th amendment—Nov 1985—changed the parliamentary form of govt to presidential form of govt---
Nov 1985
9th amendment—bill to impose sharia law as the supreme law of land—passed from senate but
never passed from national assembly—never enforced—1985
10th amendment—March 1987—fixed the interval between national assembly session to not exceed
130 days
13th amendment--- 1997—stripped the president from the power to dissolve national assembly
18th amendment--- reversed the effect of 17 th amendment, parliamentary system, powers will be
given to PM--- Passed by national assembly 8 april 2010, passed by senate on 15 April 2010.
NWFP name changed to KPK
19th amendment--- provided the method to appoint judges of supreme court--- dec 2010
21st amendment--- speedy trial courts/ military courts for terrorists for a period of 2 years—jan 2015
23rd amendment--- increased the term of military courts for another 2 years—Jan 2017
26th amendment--- NA will have 12 seats from tribal districts and 21 seats will be for tribal district in
KPK assembly---- May 2019
Article 11: slavery us non existent and forbidden, all forms of forced labour and human trafficking is
prohibited
Article 25 A: provision of free education to every child till the age of 5-16
Article 35: the state shall protect the family, marriage, mother and child
Article 58 2 b: president had the powers to dissolve assemblies without advice of PM--- Removed in
18th amendment--- 18th amendment is also called mini constitution of Pakistan
5 schedules:
Fifth schedule: remuneration of judges and terms and conditions of their service
Article 239: says that to amend the constitution, 2/3 majority of both houses is required
Article 89: says that an ordinance shall stand repealed at the expiration of 120 days from its
implementation
General seats------- 14 seats for each province, 2 for federal capital and 8 for FATA
Minority----- 1 seat each for each province, no minority seat for federal and FATA
Ayub Khan
Mangla Dam, Tarbela Dam and Warsak Dam will be constructed in Pak with the help of World Bank.
Relocation of Capital
14 Aug 1967--- Islamabad officially became the new capital, legislative branch shifted to Dhaka while
executive branch stayed in Islamabad
Land reforms--- 1000 acres for non-irrigated land and 500 acres for irrigated land
1965 war
6 sep-23 sep
10 Jan 1966---- agreement, both forces will withdraw to pre-war positions, resumption of economic
and diplomatic relations between both countries and peaceful resolution of future conflicts
Ended one unit---- 1970, Baluchistan granted province status--- 30 March 1970
70 m height
1970 elections
7 december 1970
86 seats PPP
1971 War
Provisional government announced by Awami League---- Taj ud din Ahmad announced as first PM
Bhutan was the first state to recognize Bangladesh--- Bhutan was the protectorate state of India
Bhutto Regime
1972--- Commander in chief replaced by army chief, navy chief and air chief
Commander in chief--- general Musa Khan--- 1965, longest serving commander in chief of Pak army
Air marshal Noor Khan--- 1965 war commander in chief of air forces
Air marshal asghar Khan---- first muslim commander in chief of air forces--- longest serving
commander in chief of air force
Kamra--- aeronautical
Nationalization---
April 1972---- Pakistan left common wealth---- rejoined in 1989---- Pm Benazir Bhutto
Both the countries would withdraw from occupied land---- Pakistan withdrew 70 square mile
Pakistan will recognize Bangladesh--- Pak recognized Ban in 1974 OIC Summit
National registration authority was established for the first time in Pakistan----1973
5 July 1977--- Zia Ul Haq deposed Z.A Bhutto and imposed martial law
6th president----
Afghan war
1979--- Noor Muhammad Tarkai was removed by Hafiz Ullah Amin (backed by USSR)
Pak got the status of most favorite nation for trade from USA and military aid of 3.2 billion dollars
2001---- 7 oct 2001---- USA invaded AFG and removed Taliban govt
Muhammad Khan Junejo was elected as PM---- 8 TH Amendment was introduced and president was
given the right to depose the PM by using article 58, 2 B
Qazi courts established in---- 1984--- to decide matters at the local level as per shariah
Issue started in 1908--- at that time Sindh was part of Bombay Presidency--- 1936---- Sindh
separated from Bombay
1914---- Government of Bombay enacted Bombay government resolution and area of Kutch was
given to Sindh
After independence Sindh joined Pakistan and Kutch remained with Gujrat
1965--- British PM intervened---- Harold Wilson and UN tribunal was established to solve the issue---
1968--- verdict---- 10% area will be given to Pak and 90% was given to India
Siachen Issue:
Ceasefire---- 2003
Economic justice
Abolish illiteracy
Eradicate corruption
Gen Zia he died in a plane crash--- August 17, 1988--- US Ambassador--- Arnold Raphel also died in
this plane crash
1990--- pakistan launched its 1st military satellite with the help of China--- Badr-1
Operation Midnight Jackal--- operation to remove Benazir Bhutto using vote of no confidence--- not
succeeded
1993 elections
13th amendment
1999--- Atal Bihari Vajpaye--- visited Lahore via Bus----- Lahore declaration Feb 1999---- Pak and india
will peacefully resolve Kashmir issue
July 2001--- Agra Summit---- Atal Bihari Vajpaye and Musharraf met
PML Q---- majority---- coalition government established and Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali--- he is the first
and only PM from Baluchistan---- tenure----2002-04
9/11 2001----
March 2004--- Pakistan declared as the most important ally of US outside NATO.
2002---- reforms
For the first time voter age was reduced to 18 years from previously 21 years
For the first time the candidates were mandated to have at least bachelor degree
1985-2002---- separate electorates for minorities---- separate electorate systems was abolished in 2002
PM--- Yousaf Raza Gilani---- he has the longest consecutive term as president of Pakistan
Fehmida mirza--- speaker national assembly--- first female speaker of national assembly
2013 elections
PML N Won
2018--- elections
PTI win