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Assignment No #2
PAK (301) Q2 3

Name: Yasir Waseem

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Question No 1. What were the major issues (1947-1958) that
required
became the reason of military intervention in Pakistan for the first
time? Justify your answer with any five relevant points.
Answer.
1. Political instability due to change in government.
2. Death of real heroes of Pakistan movement and rising up of some corrupted
bureaucrat’s.
3. Lack of elections in Pakistan.
4. Iskandar Mirza declaring the country as a republic which was the last nail in the Coffin.
5. Lack of visionary leadership, Indian propaganda in east Pakistan.

Question No 2. How did the Bogra formula help to accomplish the task of constitution making
in Pakistan? Justify your answer with any five relevant points.
Answer.

1. The federal legislature would comprise of two houses – the House of Unit and the House
of People. The total strength of the House of Units would be 50, which was to be equally
divided among five units namely, East Bengal, Punjab, NWFP, Frontier States, Sindh and
Khairpur, Balochistan. The House of Units would be elected indirectly by the legislature
of the units. The Bogra formula reduced the 9 units of West Pakistan into 4 units.
2. The House of People was to have a total number of three hundred members, to be divided
among the five units in this manner – East Bengal 165 members, Punjab 75, NWFP 13,
Sindh 19, State of Khairpur 1, Balochistan 3, and Bahawalpur State 7.
3. Both Houses were to have equal powers in all matters. There was a provision for a joint
session of the two for the election of the Head of the State and for the disposal of votes of
confidence.
4. In case of a difference of opinion between the two Houses, a joint session of the two
Houses would be called and the matter would be decided by a majority vote, provided
that the majority included thirty percent of the members from each zone.
5. It maintained the principle of parity between East and West Pakistan in combined
Houses, with 175 seats for each zone. So in total, both the wings were to have 175 seats
each in the two Houses of the Legislative Assembly.