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Explanation

Article 219: Duties of Commission

The Commission shall be charged with the duty of,

a. preparing electoral rolls for election to the National Assembly and the Provincial Assemblies, and revising such rolls annually;

b. organizing and conducting election to the Senate or to fill casual vacancies in a House or a Provincial Assembly; and

c. appointing Election Tribunals;

d. the holding of general elections to the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies and the local governments; and

e. such other functions as may be specified by an Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).

Explanation

Constitution of 1956 · Pakistan was declared as the Islamic Republic

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Both Urdu and Bengali were declared as official and national languages of Pakistan in the 1956 constitution

All important questions of  "the 1956 constitution"

1956 constitution is promulgated on 23 March 1956

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Iskander Mirza abrogated the 1956 constitution

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In 1956 the designation of Governor General changed to President

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40 years was the age prescribed for president in the 1956 constitution

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The Constitution of 1956 contained 234 articles divided into thirteen parts and six schedules

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The constitution of 1956 remained implemented for 2 years 6 months and 14 days.

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The constitution of 1956 provided a Parliamentary form of government for the country.

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1956 constitution legislature was Unicameral

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The Constitution of 1956 provided for a federal system with the principle of parity between East Pakistan and West Pakistan

Explanation

The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan or Current Constitution of Pakistan consists of 280 articles

Explanation

256. Private armies forbidden.

Explanation

The first Speaker of the National Assembly was Quid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Note

Explanation

Under Article 58 (1) President of Pakistan shall dissolve the National Assembly if so advised by the Prime Minister.

and the National Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of forty-eight hours after the Prime Minister has so advised.

Explanation

• Constitutional law deals with the fundamental principles by which the government exercises its authority.

• the Constitution is a law Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789

• the United States Constitution is the world's longest-surviving written charter of government.

• The Constitution was interpreted, in 1819, as giving the Supreme Court

• The Constitution sets forth the three principal branches of the federal government and outlines their jurisdictions.

• Constitutional laws can be both written and unwritten

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Explanation

Promulgated by ayub Khan on 1st March 1962

Come into effect 8 June 1962

Abrogated by yahya khan

250 article

Explanation

Mian Muhammad Iftikharuddin was the only Muslim member who opposed the resolution.

The Objectives Resolution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12, 1949.

Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, had presented it in the assembly on March 7, 1949.

Out of 75 members of the assembly, 21 voted for opposing it. 

All the amendments proposed by minority members were rejected.

Consequently, all ten of them voted against it.

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Mian Muhammad Iftikharuddin was the only Muslim member in the house who opposed the resolution.

To him the resolution was vague and many words used in it do not mean anything.

He further suggested that such a resolution should not only be the product of Muslim League members sitting in the assembly alone.

Rather it was supposed to be the voice of seventy million people of Pakistan.

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Explanation

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