Constitution of 1962
President
Ayub Khan established a Constitutional Commission. This commission sent its
recommendations. According to these recommendations a new constitution was
prepared and enforced on 8th June, 1962 and Martial Law was finished.
The Main
Features of 1962 Constitution
Following
are the main features of constitution of 1962:
Written
Constitution
The
constitution was in written form and it constituted of 250 articles and 5
schedules.
Federal
Constitution
The
constitution was federal in nature.
Presidential
Form of Government
Presidential
form of Government was enforced instead of parliamentary system.
Islamic
Issues
Various
Islamic provisions were incorporated in the constitution i.e. sovereignty of
Allah and exercises of power through the elected representatives of people.
Pakistan was named as Islamic republic of Pakistan. It Head must be a Muslim as
compulsory.
Basic
Human Rights
People
were given fundamental rights.
National
Languages
Urdu
and Bengali were declared the national language of Pakistan.
Failure of Constitution of 1962
In
1968-69 the political parties of the country started agitation against Ayub
Khan and Presidential system, enforced parliamentary system and democratic
constitution. This movement became much powerful within few months and there
were agitations seen everywhere in the country. As a result of such situation
on 25th March, 1969 President Ayub Khan resigned and transferred his powers to
Commander in Chief Yahya Khan. He abrogated the constitution of 1962 and
enforced Martial Law in the country.
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