1969 – 1977 Events
Martial Law And The Restoration Of Democracy
1969 – 1971
Martial Law under General Yahya Khan
The Tashkent Declaration signed by the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan was ...
Awami League’s Six-Point Program
In the 1970 National Assembly elections, the mandate of Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman's Awami League Party was based on a Six-Point Program ...
The Hamood-ur-Rahman Commission Report
In December 1971, within a week of replacing General Yahya as the President, Bhutto formed a commission headed by the ...
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto becomes President
After the disastrous war with India that ingloriously concluded in December 1971, Pakistan had to face its greatest crisis since ...
The Separation of East Pakistan
The separation of East Pakistan was a great setback to Pakistan. By 1970, sentiments for national unity had weakened in ...
General Elections 1970
The political history of Pakistan from 1947 to 1970 witnessed no general elections. Thus, when Yahya's Regime decided to hold ...
Legal Framework Order
After the abrogation of the Constitution of 1962, Yahya Khan needed a legal framework to hold elections. In April and ...
1972 – 1977
Ouster of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Ever since Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto took over the responsibilities of governance, there was a strong group in the country that ...
General Elections 1977
According to the original schedule, the second general elections in the history of Pakistan, and the first after the dismemberment ...
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto becomes Prime Minister
After the promulgation of the 1973 Constitution, the elections for the President, Prime Minister, Chairman of Senate, Speaker and Deputy ...
Fazal Ilahi becomes President
After the promulgation of the 1973 Constitution, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the country, ...
The Constitution of 1973
The Bhutto Government's first achievement was the preparation of a Constitution for the country. The most prominent characteristic of this ...
The Simla Agreement
After the 1971 war, India held prisoner around 93,000 Pakistani troops and civilians. In Pakistan there was a growing demand ...