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On the eve of the elections, a cyclone struck East Pakistan killing approximately 500,000 people, though this event did not deter people from participating in the first ever general election. [111] Mobilizing support for their Six Points manifesto the Awami League secured electoral support in East Pakistan. [ 111 ]
A person who is a citizen of Pakistan, is enrolled as a voter in any electoral roll under the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 and in case of National/Provincial Assemblies is not less than 25 years of age and in case of Senate not less than 30 years of age, is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic injunctions, has ...
The History of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [1] Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [ 2 ]
The movement was successful and Pakistan gained its independence as the Dominion of Pakistan on 14 August 1947. Pakistan's independence was based on Muslim nationalism, though Pakistan's founder, Jinnah, often regarded as 'The Great Leader' for his efforts emphasized that Pakistan would be a relatively secular state, in which minority and women ...
The current and former Presidents of Pakistan, in keeping with the constitutional provision that the state religion is Islam, must be Muslim. Elected for a five-year term by an Electoral College consisting of members of the Senate and National Assembly and members of the provincial assemblies, the president is eligible for re-election.
[3] [4] The then governor-general of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, took advice from the Founding Fathers of the nation and appointed Liaquat Ali Khan to establish and lead his administration on 15 August 1947. [5] Before the presidential system in 1960, seven prime ministers had served between 1947 until martial law in 1958. In 1971, the ...
14 June – October: 2022 Pakistan floods; 21 June: June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake; 18 July: Sadiqabad boat sinking; 1 August: 2022 Pakistan Army helicopter incident; The 2022 Census of Pakistan; 2 August: The Election Commission of Pakistan announced verdict of PTI foreign funding case. 16 August: M-5 motorway bus-oil tanker collision
A 1950 documentary about Pakistan. In 1947, the founding fathers of Pakistan agreed to appoint Liaquat Ali Khan as the country's first prime minister, with Muhammad Ali Jinnah as both first governor-general and speaker of the State Parliament. [11] Mountbatten had offered to serve as Governor-general of both India and Pakistan but Jinnah ...