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| | Constitutional Issue | Hamid Khan’s Analysis | | --- | --- | --- | | Objective Resolution (1949) | Sovereignty belongs to Allah; state to enable Muslims to live by Islam. | Foundation of all future constitutions; ambiguous on minority rights. | | Basic Principles Committee | Failure to agree on representation (East vs. West Pakistan). | Provincialism undermined constitution-making. | | Dissolution of 1st Constituent Assembly (1954) | Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dissolved it; upheld by Federal Court (Maulvi Tamizuddin case). | First major blow to parliamentary democracy; birth of doctrine of necessity. | | One Unit (1955) | Merged all West Pakistani provinces into one wing. | Administrative convenience to match East Pakistan’s population; resented later. | | Constitution of 1956 | Parliamentary system; President as ceremonial head. | Short-lived (29 months); abrogated by martial law. | Constitutional And Political History Of Pakistan By Hamid
Hamid Khan argues that Pakistan’s constitutional history is a struggle between and authoritarian populism (often aided by the military-bureaucratic establishment). The book focuses on: West Pakistan)
Khan also explores the friction between the central government and the provinces. He argues that the failure to grant meaningful autonomy to East Pakistan was a primary factor in the secession of Bangladesh in 1971. His analysis of the 18th Amendment serves as a modern epilogue to this struggle, marking a significant—if fragile—shift toward decentralization. Conclusion