Stability after Jinnah's death
H3.12What the syllabus asks of you
- How far did Pakistan achieve stability following the death of Jinnah?
- What were the main achievements of the various ministries in the years 1948–58?
- What were the achievements of the ‘Decade of Progress’, 1958–69?
- What attempts were made to establish a new constitution in the years 1949–73?
- Khwaja Nazimuddin
- Liaquat Ali Khan
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Iskander Mirza
- Muhammad Ayub Khan and the ‘Decade of Progress’
- Yahya Khan (Candidates will need to compare the more significant achievements of various ministries and discuss main features of their domestic reforms and foreign policies. See also below under Key Question 16.)
- the origin, reasons and principles of the 1949 Objectives Resolution, reasons for its adoption by the Constituent Assembly and details of its Islamic provisions
- later constitutional changes (including the reasons for and the principles on which they were based), with particular reference to Islamic provisions in the 1956, 1962 and 1973 Constitutions.
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Chapter 12: Stability after Jinnah's death
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