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Islamic Republic

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

5Records
1969–1973Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1969

Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan31 March 1969

Rawalpindi · Government / Government of Pakistan

The state remains the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during Yahya Khan's rule.

1973

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto14 August 1973

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Bhutto governs under a Constitution declaring Pakistan an Islamic federal republic.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto14 August 1973

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

The government begins operating under the restored Islamic Republic designation.

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry14 August 1973

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Article One names the state the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry14 August 1973

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Fazal Ilahi presides over the Islamic Republic created by the 1973 Constitution.

Names involved

Agha Muhammad Yahya KhanFazal Ilahi ChaudhryZulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Provenance

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