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The Objectives Resolution (Urdu: قرارداد مَقاصِد) was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12, 1949. The resolution proclaimed that the future constitution of Pakistan would not be modeled entirely on a European pattern, but on the ideology and democratic faith of Islam.
The Lahore Resolution, [a] also called the Pakistan Resolution, was a formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League on the occasion of its three-day general session in Lahore, Punjab, from 22 to 24 March 1940, calling for a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India.
Democracy in Pakistan, however imperfect, has been allowed to function to varying degrees. The 2024 Pakistani general election while deeply flawed and with claimed electoral irregularities demonstrates a "continuity of an electoral process that has historically been subject to political engineering". [8]
There were four candidates: Ayub Khan, Fatima Jinnah and two independent candidates, K.M. Kamal and Mian Bashir Ahmed. [2] [3] There was a short campaigning period of one month, which was further restricted to nine projection meetings that were organized by the Election Commission and were attended only by the members of the Electoral College and members of the press.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returning from Lahore with Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah after declaring Six Points The six points are noted as follows: [ 3 ] The Constitution should provide for a Federation of Pakistan in its true sense based on the Lahore Resolution , and the parliamentary form of government with supremacy of a Legislature directly ...
Wanting a controlled democracy, President Mirza dismissed four prime ministers in less than two years and his, position in the country was quickly deteriorated amid his actions. In 1958, Mirza imposed the martial law under its enforcer General, Ayub Khan, but was also dismissed the same year. Assuming the presidency in 1958, Ayub Khan ...
Tahir Kamran, (Urdu: طاھر کامران), is a notable Pakistani historian and former Iqbal fellow at the University of Cambridge, [1] as professor in the Centre of South Asian Studies.
Effects of democracy on economic growth and effect of economic growth on democracy can be distinguished. While evidence of a relationship is irrefutable, [1] economists' and historians' opinions of its exact nature have been sharply split, hence the latter has been the subject of many debates and studies. [citation needed]