House of Units

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The House of Units was the upper chamber of Pakistan’s short-lived bicameral legislature under the 1956 Constitution, representing the country’s federating units at the national level.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Units canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislative body ⓘ
parliamentary chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus federal organ created by the 1956 Constitution ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1958 ⓘ
endTime 1958 ⓘ
establishedBy 1956 Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
followedBy unicameral National Assembly under military rule ⓘ
governmentSystemContext parliamentary system ⓘ
hasChamberType federal chamber ⓘ
hasHouseType upper house ⓘ
hasRepresentationBasis representation of federating units rather than population ⓘ
historicalEra First Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legislativeBranchOf Government of Pakistan ⓘ
legislativeFunction review and approval of federal legislation ⓘ
locatedIn Karachi ⓘ
meetsIn Federal legislature building in Karachi ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
bicameral legislature of Pakistan ⓘ
precededBy unicameral Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
reasonForAbolition imposition of martial law in 1958 ⓘ
represents federating units of Pakistan ⓘ
role upper chamber of the federal legislature ⓘ
startTime 1956 ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bogra Formula → proposedChamber → House of Units ⓘ
Bogra Formula → upperHouseName → House of Units ⓘ
Bogra Formula → proposedLegislativeChamber → House of Units ⓘ