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The Objectives Resolution was passed in:
Correct answer: 1949
The Constituent Assembly passed it on 12 March 1949.
The Objectives Resolution was moved by:
Correct answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
The first Prime Minister moved it in the Constituent Assembly.
The first constitution of Pakistan came into force in:
The 1956 Constitution gave Pakistan:
Correct answer: A parliamentary system
The Prime Minister led the government and the President was the head of state.
The 1956 Constitution was abolished in 1958 by:
Correct answer: Iskander Mirza, who imposed martial law
The President dissolved the assemblies on 7 October 1958.
The 1962 Constitution gave Pakistan a:
Correct answer: Presidential system
The President was both head of state and head of government.
Basic Democrats were the members of:
Correct answer: The system of local councils under Ayub Khan
About 80,000 of them also chose the President.
The first general elections on adult franchise in Pakistan were held in:
The 1973 Constitution was enforced on:
Correct answer: 14 August 1973
It was passed on 10 April and enforced on 14 August 1973.
Parliament under the 1973 Constitution has:
Correct answer: Two houses: the National Assembly and the Senate
It is a bicameral parliament.
The Eighteenth Amendment renamed the North West Frontier Province as:
Which amendment gave more powers to the provinces by abolishing the concurrent list?