1956 Constitution
- points of objective resolution were merged
- introduced federation
WHATS FEDERATION
- government has layers
I. National Government (federal)
II. States/Provinces
III. Local Governments
- division of power between center(federal government) states(provincial
government) and local government
- powers are somewhat reservered and mixed
- introduced parliamentary system
WHATS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM?
-parliament has absolute power
-everone is under the rule of parliament even prime minister and president
- the cabinet of PM has to have members of parliament
- PM is also chosen and is accountable to the parliament
-division of power between pm and president
-PM was head of government (more powerful)
-President was head of state (not much power)
- unicameral system one house in parliament
- independent judiciary
President
-must be muslim
-chooses PM
-tenure 5 years
-can declare a state of emergency
-can dissolve assembly but not without PM
Prime Minister
-choses cabinet (must be from National Assembly)
-Fundamental rights granted
-Urdu & Bengali both national language
- no laws against islam and sunnah
- the existing laws must be made islamic
-written
-semi-rigid
-238 articales
-dissolved after 2.5 years