First Republic of Pakistan

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The First Republic of Pakistan was the period between 1956 and 1958 when Pakistan functioned as an Islamic republic under its first constitution, marked by political instability, regional tensions, and ultimately military intervention.

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First Republic of Pakistan canonical 1
Republic of Pakistan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
basedOnConstitution Constitution of Pakistan 1956
capital Karachi
characterizedBy civil–military tensions
political instability
regional tensions
constitutionalForm federal state
constitutionalPrinciple Islam as state religion
federalism
parliamentary system
constitutionalStatus Islamic republic
country Pakistan
dissolutionCause military coup
dissolutionEvent 1958 Pakistani coup d'état
endedBy imposition of martial law in Pakistan
endTime 1958
firstPresident Iskander Mirza
firstPrimeMinister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
followed Dominion of Pakistan
followedBy Military regime of Ayub Khan
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-West alignment
governmentType parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Pakistan
headOfStateTitle President of Pakistan
historicalContext Cold War
ideology Islamic democracy
leader Ayub Khan
Iskander Mirza
legislature Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
National Assembly of Pakistan
majorEvent abrogation of the 1956 Constitution
promulgation of the 1956 Constitution
officialLanguage English
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
policyIssue One Unit scheme
predecessorConstitutionalForm constitutional monarchy under the British Crown
primeMinister Feroz Khan Noon
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
region South Asia
religion Islam
securityAlliance CENTO
SEATO
startTime 1956
territorialDivision East Pakistan
West Pakistan

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House of Units historicalEra First Republic of Pakistan
Dominion of Pakistan replacedBy Republic of Pakistan
linked to: First Republic of Pakistan