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Constitution Abrogation

Pakistan · Government / Government of Pakistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1958–1969Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1958

Iskander Mirza7 October 1958

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Iskander Mirza abrogates the 1956 Constitution and dissolves national institutions.

1969

Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan25 March 1969

Rawalpindi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Yahya Khan abrogates the 1962 Constitution and dissolves the legislatures.

Names involved

Agha Muhammad Yahya KhanIskander Mirza

Provenance

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