First Republic of Pakistan

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The First Republic of Pakistan was the period between 1956 and 1958 when Pakistan functioned as an Islamic republic under its first constitution, marked by political instability, regional tensions, and ultimately military intervention.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
First Republic of Pakistan canonical 1
Republic of Pakistan 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
basedOnConstitution Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ
capital Karachi ⓘ
characterizedBy civil–military tensions ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
regional tensions ⓘ
constitutionalForm federal state ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple Islam as state religion ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
parliamentary system ⓘ
constitutionalStatus Islamic republic ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dissolutionCause military coup ⓘ
dissolutionEvent 1958 Pakistani coup d'état ⓘ
endedBy imposition of martial law in Pakistan ⓘ
endTime 1958 ⓘ
firstPresident Iskander Mirza ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali ⓘ
followed Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
followedBy Military regime of Ayub Khan ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-West alignment ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Pakistan ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War ⓘ
ideology Islamic democracy ⓘ
leader Ayub Khan ⓘ
Iskander Mirza ⓘ
legislature Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
majorEvent abrogation of the 1956 Constitution ⓘ
promulgation of the 1956 Constitution ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
policyIssue One Unit scheme ⓘ
predecessorConstitutionalForm constitutional monarchy under the British Crown ⓘ
primeMinister Feroz Khan Noon ⓘ
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ⓘ
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
securityAlliance CENTO ⓘ
SEATO ⓘ
startTime 1956 ⓘ
territorialDivision East Pakistan ⓘ
West Pakistan ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

House of Units → historicalEra → First Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan → replacedBy → Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: First Republic of Pakistan