Пәкістан Конституциясының қалыптасу тарихы

Responsible for writing the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (; ) was established in August 1947 to frame a constitution for Pakistan. It also served as its first interim parliament. It was dissolved by the Governor General of Pakistan in 1954.

The second Constituent Assembly reconstituted on May 28, 1955. The constitution was promulgated on March 23, 1956, making Pakistan an Islamic republic. On October 7, 1958, martial law was imposed on the country by Iskander Mirza, with army chief Ayub Khan appointed as the chief martial law administrator. The new leaders abrogated the constitution, declaring it unworkable. As per consultations floated by the PPP, the National Assembly of Pakistan appointed a 25 member committee led by Mahmud Ali Kasuri on April 17, 1972, to prepare a draft of a permanent constitution for Pakistan. On October 20, 1972, the draft bill for the constitution was signed by leaders of all parliamentary groups in the National Assembly. A bill to provide a constitution for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was introduced in the assembly on February 2, 1973. The assembly passed the bill nearly unanimously on April 10, 1973, and it was endorsed by the acting President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 12, 1973. On July 5, 1977, General Zia staged a military coup, suspended the constitution (which was later restored in 1985), and declared martial law. Similarly, when General Musharraf took over in 1999, the constitution was suspended for several years and the parliament was dissolved.