Constitutional And Political History Of Pakistan By Hamid Khan.pdf Link

Hamid Khan argues that Pakistan’s constitutional history is a struggle between and authoritarian populism (often aided by the military-bureaucratic establishment). The book focuses on:

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The book's most quoted section is on . Khan explains how Zia used the "Doctrine of Necessity" (a jurisprudence originating in the infamous Dosso case of 1958) to legitimize his coup. He details the insertion of the 8th Amendment , which granted the President (a military proxy) the power to dissolve the National Assembly at will—a provision that wrecked three elected governments in the 1990s. He details the insertion of the 8th Amendment