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CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA OF PAKISTAN 1947 1956

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2018(III-I).01      10.31703/glsr.2018(III-I).01      Published : Dec 2018

Constitutional Dilemma of Pakistan: 1947 -1956

    Soon after its creation, Pakistan confronted many issues including refugee problem, scarcity of able political leadership, absence of mutual consensus between both wings of the country and confusing nature of the relationship between Islam and state etc. took almost nine years to frame the permanent constitution for Pakistan. Constitution, the basic document of a state, determines the shape of its laws, structure of governance and system of rights and duties. The effectiveness of a constitution is judged by its practicability in the given area where it is enforced by the state machinery. Although, all civilized states of the world do possess a constitution, yet a good constitution is one which must protect the basic human rights by ensuring the independence of judiciary. Due to countless hurdles at the beginning of its journey, Pakistan's constitutional development in the right direction could not take place. The main objective of the present study is to provide deep insight into the events and factors causing a delay in the constitution-making for the newly created state of Pakistan. The various events which took place from 1947 to 1956 have been analyzed in a subtle way.

    Constitution, Federation, Judiciary, Human Rights, Legislature, Executive, Cabinet, Minority Rights, Democracy
    (1) Muhammad Rizwan
    Associate Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Manzoor Ahmad
    Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, AWKUM, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Asif Anwar Bukhari
    M. Phil Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Rizwan, Muhammad, Manzoor Ahmad, and Syed Asif Anwar Bukhari. 2018. "Constitutional Dilemma of Pakistan: 1947 -1956." Global Legal Studies Review, III (I): 1-9 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2018(III-I).01
    HARVARD : RIZWAN, M., AHMAD, M. & BUKHARI, S. A. A. 2018. Constitutional Dilemma of Pakistan: 1947 -1956. Global Legal Studies Review, III, 1-9.
    MHRA : Rizwan, Muhammad, Manzoor Ahmad, and Syed Asif Anwar Bukhari. 2018. "Constitutional Dilemma of Pakistan: 1947 -1956." Global Legal Studies Review, III: 1-9
    MLA : Rizwan, Muhammad, Manzoor Ahmad, and Syed Asif Anwar Bukhari. "Constitutional Dilemma of Pakistan: 1947 -1956." Global Legal Studies Review, III.I (2018): 1-9 Print.
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