Constituent Assembly of Pakistan

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The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was the sovereign legislative body formed after independence to frame the country’s first constitution and serve as its initial national parliament.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
composedOf elected representatives from British Indian provinces included in Pakistan ⓘ
members from Balochistan ⓘ
members from East Bengal ⓘ
members from North-West Frontier Province ⓘ
members from Sindh ⓘ
members from West Punjab ⓘ
constitutionalOutput Objectives Resolution 1949 ⓘ
drafting work leading to the 1956 Constitution ⓘ
interim constitutional arrangements for Pakistan ⓘ
country Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
dissolved 1954-10-24 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringSessions Khawaja Nazimuddin ⓘ
Liaquat Ali Khan ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Bogra ⓘ
linked to: Mohammad Ali Bogra
historicalPeriod early years of Pakistan ⓘ
inception 1947-08-10 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legacy set precedents for Pakistan’s parliamentary system ⓘ
legalStatus sovereign legislative body ⓘ
legislativeFunction acting as the national parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
framing the first constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
serving as the federal legislature of Pakistan ⓘ
location Karachi ⓘ
meetingPlace Sindh Assembly Building ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Dominion status under the British Crown until 1956 ⓘ
precededBy Constituent Assembly of India (for British Indian constitutional functions) ⓘ
presidentOfAssembly Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
reasonForDissolution dissolved by Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad ⓘ
replacedBy Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
roleInStateFormation debated role of Islam in the state ⓘ
defined the constitutional framework of Pakistan ⓘ
determined relationship between center and provinces ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of Objectives Resolution ⓘ
adoption of Objectives Resolution on 1949-03-12 ⓘ
adoption of the Constitution of 1956 ⓘ
election of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as President of the Assembly ⓘ
first session held on 1947-08-10 ⓘ
proclamation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
structure unicameral ⓘ

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11 August 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly → venue → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Constitution of Pakistan 1956 → draftingBody → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
National Assembly of Pakistan → predecessor → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Liaquat Ali Khan → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan → replacedBy → Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
House of Units → precededBy → unicameral Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Objectives Resolution 1949 → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Objectives Resolution → adoptedBy → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan → legislature → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Mohammad Ali of Bogra → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Bogra Formula → debatedIn → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar → legislativeBody → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
First Republic of Pakistan → legislature → Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ