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Aug 3, 2009 · The profound incompetence of its civilian rulers in the first decade of independence created a political vacuum filled by the generals, who have ruled or dominated Pakistan, directly or indirectly, for much of its history.
Using an analytical method of inquiry, this article attempts to trace the roots of authoritarianism in Pakistan by using the data in the form of books available on the subject. Authoritarianism is a malaise that has tainted Pakistani politics since time immemorial.
- Introduction
- Pakistan’s Dominion Constitution
- The Pakistani Courtroom as A Cold War Theater
- Conclusions
Pakistan’s long, troubled history of constitutional instability and praetorian rule arcs back to the country’s colonial antecedents and the circumstances of its creation as a postcolonial nation state. A substantial amount of scholarship has analyzed Pakistan’s modern developments in light of the colonial legacies, domestic political process, and i...
Pakistan gained independence on August 14, 1947, as an Independent Dominion. Thus, the Government of India Act 1935 as amended by the India Independence Act 1947 became the Dominion Constitution of independent Pakistan. Chief Justice Muhammad Munir in the opening of his opinion in Special Reference Idescribed Pakistan’s New Dominion constitutional ...
The growing tensions between Governor General Ghulam Mohammad and the Constituent Assembly culminated in the governor-general’s dissolution of the Assembly on October 24, 1954. The response of the Assembly President Tamizuddin Khan was swift and on November 8 he filed a petition in the Chief Court of Sindh claiming that the governor’s dissolution w...
This article has examined the procedural and substantive configuration and legacy of New Dominion constitutionalism in Pakistan through the prism of the constitutional praxis under the Dominion Constitution and the litigation over the dissolution of the first Constituent Assembly. It is argued that the New Dominion constitutional structures provide...
- Mara Malagodi
- 2019
Jan 24, 2013 · This essay will argue that all the extant accounts are partial and incomplete. It will contend that the roots of Pakistan's propensity towards authoritarianism must be sought in the ideology, organisation and mobilisation strategy of the movement for the creation of Pakistan.
- Sumit Ganguly, C. Christine Fair
- 2013
Oct 1, 2009 · This essay will argue that all the extant explanations are, at best, partial and incomplete. It will then demonstrate that the roots of Pakistan's propensity toward authoritarianism must be sought in the ideology, organization and mobilization strategy of the movement for the creation of Pakistan.
- Sumit Ganguly
- 2009
Feb 1, 2013 · It will contend that the roots of Pakistan's propensity towards authoritarianism must be sought in the ideology, organisation and mobilisation strategy of the movement...
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regime under General Zia ul Haq during 1977-1988 in Pakistan is an example of it. Key Terms: Dictatorial Regime, Nature, General Zia, Pakistan. Dictatorship is a system of government which formulates a single person; who designs pattern of authoritarianism to run the affairs of the regime.
