iskandar mirza was the prime minister of pakistan when martial law was imposed in 1958.
iskandar mirza was the prime minister of pakistan when martial law was imposed in 1958.
who was the prime minister of pakistan when martial law was imposed in 1958?
iskandar mirza
on 27 october 1958 general muhammad ayub khan took over as second president of pakistan. one of the first major steps taken by general ayub khan was the appointment of a constitution commission on 17 february 1960. the objective of this commission was to submit proposals, as to how best democracy can be strengthened and molded according to the country’s socio-political environment and islamic principles of justice. the commission submitted its report to the government on 29 april 1961. on the basis of this report a new constitution was framed and given to the nation on 1 march 1962. general elections under the new constitution were held on 28 march 1962 and elections to the special seats reserved for women were held on 29 may 1962. the first session of the third national assembly was held on 8 june 1962 at ayub hall, rawalpindi. the constitution of 1962 envisaged a federal state with presidential form of government, with the national assembly at the centre and the provincial assemblies in the provinces. the legislatures, both at center and in provinces were unicameral. the federal system had been curtailed by allowing the provincial governors to be appointed directly by the president. all executive authority of the republic of pakistan, under the constitution, vested in the office of the president. the president appointed his cabinet members who were directly responsible to him. the electoral system was made indirect, and the `basic democrats', for both wings were declared electoral college for the purpose of electing the assemblies and the president. basic democrats were 80,000 in number (40,000 from each east and west pakistan). the total membership of the national assembly was 156, one half of whom were to be elected from east pakistan and other half from west pakistan, also three seats were reserved for women from each province. the term of this assembly was three years. the norm was established that if the president was from west pakistan, the speaker was to be from east pakistan and "vice versa". one of the major achievements of this assembly was the passage of political parities act, 1962. on 25 march 1969 the second martial law was imposed and general agha muhammad yahya khan took over as the president of pakistan and chief martial law administrator (cmla). he later issued a legal framework order (lfo), under which the first ever general elections were held on 7 december 1970. this was the first assembly elected on the adult franchise and population basis. it consist of 313 members, 169 from east pakistan and 144 from west pakistan including 13 reserved seats for women (6 were from west pakistan and 7 from east pakistan). soon after the elections, due to grave political differences, the province of east pakistan seceded from west pakistan and became bangladesh. on 20 december 1971 mr. zulfiqar ali bhutto took over as the president of pakistan as well as the first civil chief martial law administrator.
parliament of pakistan
the martial law administrator of balochistan was the head of the military regime of balochistan, the largest province of pakistan. the capacity was first established when martial law was imposed by general yahya khan, who appointed riaz hussain to the post, but was never officially ratified. it therefore lapsed when yahya resigned. the post was officially in operation from july 1977, when martial law was imposed again, until late 1985, when it was informally terminated upon the lifting of martial law by prime minister muhammad khan junejo. the martial law administrator was a serving lieutenant general of the pakistan army, appointed by the chief of army staff. general muhammad zia-ul-haq was the incumbent in each instance. when the presidential term of fazal ilahi chaudhry ended, the post assumed the political office of governor of balochistan; the civilian chief justices who were acting as governors of the provinces were replaced by their martial law counterparts. of the three officeholders, none completed their designated term.
martial law administrator of balochistan