Constitution of Pakistan 1956

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legal document national constitution

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
1956 Constitution of Pakistan	1
Constitution of Pakistan (1956)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
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	Iskander Mirza ⓘ surface form: Governor-General 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	Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
statusOfObjectivesResolution	preamble ⓘ
suspendedBy	Iskander Mirza ⓘ
suspendedFollowingEvent	1958 Pakistani coup d'état ⓘ
systemOfGovernment	parliamentary system ⓘ
territorialStructure	federal state ⓘ
upperHouseName	House of Units ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pakistan Day → associatedWithDocument → Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1956 Constitution of Pakistan

Government of India Act 1935 → influenced → Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ

Constitution of Pakistan (1973) → predecessor → Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Pakistan (1956)

Provincial Assembly of Sindh → re-establishedAfter → Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ