[2] From 1958 to 1961, special commissions were established to study various aspects of national life, resulting in reforms across land tenure, the legal system, administration, and education.
[3] On 17 February 1960, Ayub Khan appointed a commission to report on the future constitutional framework for the country.
A significant development was the creation of a uniform local government structure through a presidential order on October 27, 1959, which led to a referendum authorizing President Ayub to draft a new constitution.
The term of the president was five years to act as head of state as well as chief executive, solely responsible for the country's administration.
He was eligible to promulgate ordinances and veto against legislated laws only overridable by two-thirds of the National Assembly.
On a charge of violating the Constitution or gross misconduct, the president might be impeached by the National Assembly for which one-third of the total members of the National Assembly must give written notice to the speaker for the removal of the president.
The president was to be removed from office if the resolution for impeachment was passed by votes of not less than three-fourths of the total members of the Assembly.
A significant feature of the impeachment procedure was that if the resolution for the removal of the president failed to obtain one-half of the total number of members of the National Assembly, the movers of the resolution would cease to be members of the Assembly.
The Assembly had to serve as a court in cases of impeachment or conviction or declare the president incapacitated.
However, within this federal structure, the central government was made domineering even at the cost of provincial autonomy.
Consequently, the federal structure practically seemed unitary due to which the demand of provincial autonomy became more popular and widespread which threatened our solidarity in the later stage.
Keeping in view the lack of democratic values and established norms it was thought expedient to give a detailed code of constitutional law as could regulate the conduct of different political institutions.
All the executive authority was vested in the President who was unanimously responsible for the business of the central government.
The ministers could attend its meetings but like the US system, neither the president nor his cabinet colleagues were responsible.
It was a general impression that one of the causes of the failure of the constitutional machinery was the direct and adult suffrage and without proper and necessary political education and training.
Hence this constitution provided an indirect method of election for President and the legislative assemblies was envisaged.
They could be removed from the inquiry report submitted by the Supreme Judicial Council on the ground of misbehaviour or physical or mental inability to perform their duties.
By induction of the first amendment, the judiciary had full, power to pass judgment over the views of the legislature.
It was due to the first amendment in the constitution in 1963 that these were included and made their part, before that these were laid down in the directive principles of policy.
These principles of policy dealt with such matters as the Islamic way of life, national integration and solidarity, social welfare, protection of the rights of minorities, development of backward areas etc.
The second martial law was imposed on 25 March 1969 by General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, after General Ayub Khan handed over power to the army commander-in-chief, and not the speaker of National Assembly as laid down by the constitution.
On assuming the presidency, General Yahya Khan acceded to popular demands by abolishing the one-unit system in West Pakistan on 1 July 1970 and ordered general elections on the principle of one man one vote.
This resulted in the destruction of national unity and eventually, the separation of East Pakistan was fought.
1960 February 17: General Ayub Khan appointed a constitution commission under the supervision of Shahabuddin.