Constitutional Problems After Independence Of Pakistan
May 2nd, 2008 | by Raja Ghias |Under section 8 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Government of India Act, 1935 became, with certain adaptations, the working Constitution of Pakistan. But the need of a constitution framed by the elected representatives of the people was all the more necessary for the free people. So the first constitution assembly under the independence Act, 1947, was formed and was given two separate functions.
1. To frame a constitution for the country.
2. To act as a Federal legislative Assembly or Parliament until that Constitution came into effect.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, being the only candidate proposed for the presidency, was subsequently elected as president of the Constitution Assembly on 11 August 1947.
Constitution-making in Pakistan became a highly complicated task. The first constitution assembly failed to complete the task of framing a constitution; after some seven years of work it had produced only two or three drafts for the constitution. Lack of a permanent constitution created changes for unscrupulous persons to interfere with democratic progress in Pakistan which made it a laboratory for testing various form of democratic or dictatorial set-ups. On the other hand, the constitution assembly conferred extra-ordinary powers on Governor General which after wards led to future constitution crises.
