Comparison between 1956 and 1962 Constitution of Pakistan

Authors

  • Muhammad Dawood Ph. D Scholar (Pakistan Studies), Department of History & Pakistan Studies, IIU, Islamabad
  • Manzoor Khan Afridi Dr., Assistant Professor/Incharge, Department of Politics & IR,International Islamic University, Islamabad

Keywords:

Constituent Assembly, 1956 Constitution, Comparison

Abstract

When Pakistan came into being on 14th of August 1947, the existing India Act of 1935 was adopted by Pakistan with some amendments as interim constitution of Pakistan. The temporary arrangement was made to run the affairs of newly independent state which required a permanent constitution on emergent basis. The Muslim community had mainly trusted in the Muslim League, because of the reason that Muslim League was loyal to establishing an Islamic state based on the principle of Islam. But unfortunately, the members of Constituent Assembly were not in favour of this spiritual tendency. The founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah repeated many time that constitution of Pakistan shall be framed according to the Quran and Sunnah.1

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Published

2016-06-01

Issue

No. 11 (2016): Ma‘ārif Research Journal

Section

Research Articles