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1965 Pakistani General Election
General elections were held in Pakistan on 21 March 1965. The National Assembly was elected indirectly by the basic democracy electoral college system, with electoral college members elected in October and November 1964. Background The 1962 constitution provided for an indirectly elected 156-seat National Assembly, of which 150 seats were elected from single-member constituencies by electoral colleges and six seats reserved for women, who were elected by the 150 general members. The seats were divided equally between East and West Pakistan. There were 80,000 members of the electoral college ("basic democrats"), 40,000 in each wing. The electoral college members were elected between 31 October and 9 November 1964 in West Pakistan and from 10 to 19 November in East Pakistan. A total of 264,254 candidates submitted nomination papers, of which 192,416 were successfully registered after disqualifications, withdrawals and retirements. 11,652 were elected unopposed. The first task o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Pakistan)
The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate. As of 2023, the National Assembly has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, while 60 are elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members hold their seats for five years or until the house is dissolved by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The house convenes at the Parliament House, Red Zone, Islamabad. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the constitution, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities are allocated to the political parties according t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamist fundamentalist movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamist author and theorist Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who was inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood. It is considered one of the most influential Islamist organisations, and was the first to develop an ideology based on the modern revolutionary conception of Islam. Its founding branch in Pakistan is the nation's largest fundamentalist party. Jamaat-e-Islami was founded to spread Islamic values across the Indian subcontinent and advocate for an Islamic political system. It was formed on 26 August 1941 in Lahore under the leadership of Maududi, who believed that contemporary political ideologies resulted from Western imperialism, and that it was necessary to implement Sharia law to preserve Muslim culture. Maududi believed politics was "an integral, inseparable part of the Islamic faith," and that Islamic ideology and non-Islamic ideologies (such as capitalism and socialism, liberalism o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Elections In Pakistan
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. French Revolutionary system Arab system Other variations Other nomenclatures for general officers include the titles and ranks: * Adjutant general * Commandant-general * Inspector general * General-in-chief * General of the Air Force (USAF only) * General of the Armies of the United States (of America), a title created for General John J. Pershing, and subsequently granted posthumously to George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant * (" general admiral") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Elections In Pakistan
Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 29 – Tampere Ice Stadium, Hakametsä, the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in Tampere. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 4th National Assembly Of Pakistan
The 4th Parliament of Pakistan was the unicameral legislature of Pakistan formed after the 3rd Parliament of Pakistan. There were 156 Members of Parliament, including 78 from East Pakistan and 78 from West Pakistan. East Pakistan Note: The election constituencies from the general election of 1965 are listed below, they do not link to the most recent election constituencies because they have been completely altered. Elected members for Reserved Seats for Women West Pakistan # Abdul Hamid Khan Jatoi # Afzal Mehdi Khan # Ahmad Khan Ghuman # A.K. Soomar # Bashir Ahmed Khan # Begum Mujeeb-un-Nisa # Begum Khadija Khan # Begum Zari Sarfraz # Gohar Ayub Khan # Jalil Ahmed Khan # Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal # Chaudhury Abdur Rahim # Khalid Jamil # Ishaq Cheema # Chaudhry Sultan Ahmad # Ghulam Qutub Din # Fazal Elahi Choudhury # Fida Mohammad Khan # Ghulam Mohammad Mustafa # Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi # Ghulam Muhammad Wasan # Ghulam Rasul # Hasan A. Shaikh # Khuda Dad Khan # Mohammad Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Front (Pakistan)
National Democratic Front was a Pakistani coalition founded in 4 October 1962. It was the first political alliance to oppose the military regime of Ayub Khan in Pakistan. History In 8 June 1962, the second constitution of Pakistan was promulgated by president Ayub Khan. In 4 October 1962, politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ... formed a political alliance with opposition leaders from several political parties of Pakistan named National Democratic Front. The front stated that their goal was to bring democracy in the country as the constitution neglected democratic values. As of the Political Parties Act, politicians disqualified under Public Office Disqualification Order and Election Bodies Disqualification Order were barred from j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convention Muslim League
The Convention Muslim League (CML) also called Pakistan Muslim League - Convention was a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League that split-off in 1962, in support of the military regime of the President of Pakistan, General Ayub Khan. The opposition party was known as the Council Muslim League. Convention Muslim League contested presidential election of Pakistan held in 1965. CML's electoral symbol was a rose. A convention of Muslim League held in Karachi in September 1962 which was presided by Nawab Muhammad Amin, who was supporter of the 1962 constitution. Ch Khaliquzamman was selected as the chief organizer. The purpose of the Party was only to give political platform to CMLA Ayub Khan. This party was in power for 7 years but could not get the public's appreciation. This party was a composition of the Elite class of Pakistan. Some sources say that Ch Khaliquzamman said that there is no place of democracy in Islam. This party's constitution was also referred to as non democrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Opposition Parties
The Combined Opposition Parties (COP) was a Pakistani coalition of 6-13 political parties founded in 1965, to run in the 1965 presidential, and general election against field marshal Ayub Khan and his authoritarian regime. The COP was founded in attempt to challenge the controversial leader Ayub Khan in the then upcoming election. The COP accused Ayub Khan of bad governance and being anti-democratic. The COP advocated for an end to the martial law which had been imposed by Ayub Khan since 1958. Members The exact number of parties in the Combined Opposition is not exactly known but studies claim it consisted of the 5,6 or 13 leading opposition parties, the party members included the Socialist ''National Awami Party'' (NAP) led by Maulana Bashani, and its northwestern faction, the ''National Awami Party (Wali)'' led by Abdul Wali Khan, The Islamist party, the ''Jamaat-e-Islami'' led by the popular Abul A'la Maududi, the ''Council Muslim League'' led by Khawaja Nazimuddin in op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizam-e-Islam Party
The Nizam-e-Islam Party (), is a religious-political party in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The party was founded in the city of Kishoreganj in 1952, by the Islamic scholars of erstwhile East Bengal, Pakistan as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was one of the four political parties belonging to the United Front alliance which defeated the Muslim League in the 1954 elections. History Establishment The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, founded in 1919, was a political body of Islamic scholars predominantly belonging to the Deobandi movement that opposed the partition of India. In 1945, a breakaway faction was formed under the leadership of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, who was one of the founders of the original party. The new faction, known as the ''All-India Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'', supported the creation of Pakistan and sided with the pro-partition All-India Muslim League party. The organisation took the name Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam after the partition in 1947, and had representatives in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Awami Party (Wali)
The Wali Khan faction of the National Awami PartyThe National Awami Party of Pakistan: Leftist Politics in Crisis M. Rashiduzzaman Pacific Affairs, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Autumn, 1970), pp. 394-409 Published by: Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia was formed after the 1967 split in the original NAP between Maulana Bhashani and Abdul Wali Khan. The Wali Khan faction was later named the National Awami Party (NAP) after the independence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan). The NAP was banned twice during its eight-year-long existence, the first time under the Yahya Khans government in 1971 and the second time in 1975 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government. It was then resurrected under the name National Democratic Party, from which in turn was formed the Awami National Party. The Party represented left wing views in Pakistan and its core politics was based on the disbanding of the One Unit, restoration of the adult franchise (1967–1970), land reforms, protection of tenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party (NAP) was the major left-wing political party in East and West Pakistan. It was founded in 1957 in Dhaka, erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan, through the merger of various leftist and progressive political groups in Pakistan. Commonly known as the NAP, it was a major opposition party to Pakistani military regimes for much of the late 1950s and mid-1960s. In 1967, the party split into two factions. History The NAP was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan by 1957. The constituent parties in 1957 and their areas of influence were: *The Bhashani-led faction which broke away from the Awami League * Azad Pakistan Party a party led by Mian Iftikharuddin, Syed Kaswar Gardezi and Mahmud Ali Kasuri. *Sindh Mahaz led by G. M. Syed and Sheikh Abdul Majid Sindhi. * Sindh Hari Committee led by Haider Bakhsh Jatoi. *Wrore Pukhtun (Pukhtun Brotherhood) a Balochistan-based party led by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Muslim League
The Council Muslim League was a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League that divided from the Convention Muslim League that was supportive of the military regime of the President of Pakistan Gen. Ayub Khan. Sardar Muhammad Zafarullah, Mian Mumtaz Daultana, Sardar Shauket Hyat-Khan, Chaudhry Muhammad Husain Chattha, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar and Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi were prominent leaders of the Council Muslim League. Presidents # Khawaja Nazimuddin (1962–1964) # Nurul Amin (1964–1969) # Mumtaz Daultana (1969–1973) References Islamic political parties in Pakistan Political parties established in 1962 1962 establishments in Pakistan Defunct political parties in Pakistan Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Muslim League breakaway groups {{Pakistan-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
