Constituent Assembly of Pakistan

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The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was the sovereign legislative body formed after independence to frame the country’s first constitution and serve as its initial national parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
parliament
composedOf elected representatives from British Indian provinces included in Pakistan
members from Balochistan
members from East Bengal
members from North-West Frontier Province
members from Sindh
members from West Punjab
constitutionalOutput Objectives Resolution 1949
drafting work leading to the 1956 Constitution
interim constitutional arrangements for Pakistan
country Dominion of Pakistan
Pakistan
dissolved 1954-10-24
headOfGovernmentDuringSessions Khawaja Nazimuddin
Liaquat Ali Khan
Mohammad Ali Bogra
surface form: Muhammad Ali Bogra
historicalPeriod early years of Pakistan
inception 1947-08-10
jurisdiction Government of Pakistan
surface form: federal government of Pakistan
languageUsed Bengali
English
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
legacy set precedents for Pakistan’s parliamentary system
legalStatus sovereign legislative body
legislativeFunction acting as the national parliament of Pakistan
framing the first constitution of Pakistan
serving as the federal legislature of Pakistan
location Karachi
meetingPlace Sindh Assembly Building
numberOfHouses 1
politicalSystemContext Dominion status under the British Crown until 1956
precededBy Constituent Assembly of India
surface form: Constituent Assembly of India (for British Indian constitutional functions)
presidentOfAssembly Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
reasonForDissolution dissolved by Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad
replacedBy Constituent Assembly of Pakistan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
roleInStateFormation debated role of Islam in the state
defined the constitutional framework of Pakistan
determined relationship between center and provinces
significantEvent adoption of Objectives Resolution
adoption of Objectives Resolution on 1949-03-12
adoption of the Constitution of 1956
election of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as President of the Assembly
first session held on 1947-08-10
proclamation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
structure unicameral

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11 August 1947 address to Pakistan's Constituent Assembly venue Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Constitution of Pakistan 1956 draftingBody Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
National Assembly of Pakistan predecessor Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan memberOf Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan replacedBy Constituent Assembly of Pakistan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
House of Units precededBy Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
this entity surface form: unicameral Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Objectives Resolution 1949 adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Objectives Resolution adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Dominion of Pakistan legislature Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Mohammad Ali of Bogra memberOf Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
Bogra Formula on constitutional structure of Pakistan debatedIn Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
subject surface form: Bogra Formula