Constitution of Pakistan 1956

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The Constitution of Pakistan 1956 was the country’s first republican constitution, establishing Pakistan as an Islamic republic with a parliamentary system and replacing the colonial-era legal framework.

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instanceOf legal document
national constitution
adoptedOn 23 March 1956
cameIntoForceOn 23 March 1956
containsProvision Islamic advisory board
directive principles of state policy
emergency powers of the President
fundamental rights
independence of judiciary
parliamentary responsibility of the cabinet
country Pakistan
declaredFormOfState Islamic Republic
declaredHeadOfStateTitle President
draftingBody Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
followedBy Constitution of Pakistan 1962
headOfStateAtPromulgation Iskander Mirza
historicalSignificance first constitution to declare Pakistan an Islamic republic
first republican constitution of Pakistan
ideologicalBasis Objectives Resolution 1949
languageOfText English
legislatureType bicameral legislature
lowerHouseName National Assembly
officialReligion Islam
precededBy Government of India Act 1935
primeMinisterAtPromulgation Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
promulgatedBy Governor-General Iskander Mirza
linked to: Iskander Mirza
providedFor Islamic provisions review body
concurrent legislative list
federal list of subjects
judicial review by superior courts
provincial list of subjects
providedForElectionOf National Assembly by direct elections
President by an electoral college
providedForOffice Attorney-General of Pakistan
Auditor-General of Pakistan
Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Justice of Pakistan
President of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Speaker of the National Assembly
repealedBy Constitution of Pakistan 1962
repealedOn 7 October 1958
replacedHeadOfStateTitle Governor-General
stateName Islamic Republic of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan
statusOfObjectivesResolution preamble
suspendedBy Iskander Mirza
suspendedFollowingEvent 1958 Pakistani coup d'état
systemOfGovernment parliamentary system
territorialStructure federal state
upperHouseName House of Units

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Government of India Act 1935 influenced Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Pakistan Day associatedWithDocument 1956 Constitution of Pakistan
linked to: Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Constitution of Pakistan (1973) predecessor Constitution of Pakistan (1956)
linked to: Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Provincial Assembly of Sindh re-establishedAfter Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Constitution of Pakistan 1962 precededBy Constitution of Pakistan 1956
House of Units constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pakistan 1956
House of Units establishedBy 1956 Constitution of Pakistan
linked to: Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Objectives Resolution 1949 influenced Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Bogra Formula followedBy 1956 Constitution of Pakistan
linked to: Constitution of Pakistan 1956
Bogra Formula influencedLaterDebateOn 1956 Constitution of Pakistan
linked to: Constitution of Pakistan 1956