The Parliament of Pakistan: A History of Institution-Building and (Un)Democratic Practices, 1971-1977

Mahboob Hussain is an Associate Professor, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. He completed his PhD from Pakistan Study Centre, Punjab University, Lahore and Postdoctoral from University of Oxford, UK.

• Matthew McCartney: Foreword Mian Raza Rabbani: Introduction Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1: Institution Building in Pakistan: A Conceptual Framework - Institution of Parliament-Historical Context - Political Institutionalisation under Colonial Rule 2: The Parliament in Pakistan: A Brief Survey - The Composition of the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan - Contribution and Achievements of the First Legislature of Pakistan - Formation of the Second Constituent Assembly (1955-8) - Ayub Khan Era: The Parliament under the Presidential System - The Second Assembly under Ayub Khan 3: Formation, Complexity, and Differentiation of Parliament - The National Assembly Formation Professional Background of the Parliamentarians Gender Educational Qualification Age Group - The Senate Formation - Working Relationship Between the two Houses - Parliamentary Committees - Opposition and the Process of Legislation - Use of Rules by the Speaker of the Assembly or Chairman of the Senate 4: Sovereignty of Parliament as a Constituent Assembly - The Tripartite Accord for the Constitution - The Interim Constitution 1972 - Meeting of Parliamentary Party Leaders - Report of the Constitution Committee - Dismissal of the NAP-JUI Government in Balochistan - The Framing of the Constitution - Formation of United Democratic Front (UDF) 5: Parliament's Durability: Efficiency on National Issues (1973-7) - Proclamation of Emergency - The Qadiani Issue - Foreign Policy and the Parliament Foreign Policy Debates The Budget Session Debate Issue-oriented Debate - The Question Hour - Recognition of Bangladesh - Exit from the Commonwealth - The Simla Agreement - Socio-economic Reforms and the Parliament - The Balochistan Government 6: Establishing Autonomy: Relation of the Parliament with Other Institutions - The Executive's Influence over the Parliament - The Cabinet and the Parliament - Army vs the Parliament How the Assembly Tackled the Army? - Creation of the Federal Security Force - Civil Bureaucratic Obstacles in the Way of the Parliament - Reduction in the Powers of the Judiciary - Political Parties and the Parliament - The Ruling Party-Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - The Media and the Parliament - Relations of Parliamentarians with One Another - Training in Parliamentary Affairs 7: Conclusion Notes Bibliography Annexures: I. Party Position in Legislatures II. List of Candidates returned to the National Assembly of Pakistan from National Constituencies, 1970 III. Facsimile: Memorandum of Settlement PPP, ANP, JUI IV. Facsimile: Signatures of the Constitution Committee, December 1972 V. List of Bills Passed in the Senate of Pakistan, 1973-1977 VI. List of Acts Passed by the National Assembly, 1972-1977 VII. A Chronology of Events related to Parliament, 1972-1977 Index