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.

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

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
basedOnConstitution Constitution of Pakistan 1956 NERFINISHED
capital Karachi NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
endedBy imposition of martial law in Pakistan
endTime 1958
firstPresident Iskander Mirza NERFINISHED
firstPrimeMinister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED
followed Dominion of Pakistan NERFINISHED
followedBy Military regime of Ayub Khan NERFINISHED
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-West alignment
governmentType parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Pakistan NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle President of Pakistan NERFINISHED
historicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
ideology Islamic democracy
leader Ayub Khan NERFINISHED
Iskander Mirza NERFINISHED
legislature Constituent Assembly of Pakistan NERFINISHED
National Assembly of Pakistan NERFINISHED
majorEvent abrogation of the 1956 Constitution
promulgation of the 1956 Constitution
officialLanguage English
Urdu NERFINISHED
policyIssue One Unit scheme NERFINISHED
predecessorConstitutionalForm constitutional monarchy under the British Crown
primeMinister Feroz Khan Noon NERFINISHED
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy NERFINISHED
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar NERFINISHED
region South Asia
religion Islam
securityAlliance CENTO NERFINISHED
SEATO NERFINISHED
startTime 1956
territorialDivision East Pakistan NERFINISHED
West Pakistan NERFINISHED

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House of Units historicalEra First Republic of Pakistan
Dominion of Pakistan replacedBy First Republic of Pakistan
this entity surface form: Republic of Pakistan