Pakistan Affairs · Constitutional history. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
Pakistan took nine years to write its first constitution. The 1956 Constitution made the country an Islamic Republic with a parliamentary system and one house. To balance the two wings, the provinces of the west had been merged in 1955 under the One Unit scheme, and seats were shared equally. Governments changed often, no general election was held, and in October 1958 President Iskander Mirza abrogated the constitution and imposed martial law.
General Ayub Khan then took power. His 1962 Constitution set up a presidential system, with a strong President chosen indirectly by the Basic Democrats. Mass protests forced Ayub to resign in March 1969, and Yahya Khan abrogated it.
Students say Ayub Khan abrogated the 1956 Constitution. Iskander Mirza abrogated it on 7 October 1958; Ayub removed Mirza and became President later that month.
Answer: The 1962 Constitution, using indirect election through the Basic Democrats.
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