A Survey of Power Politics of Pakistan: From Genesis to the End of Twentieth Century

Abstract

The Pakistan has a unique political history about dictators & constitutions. The Government of India Act 1935 has been considered a role model in Pakistan politics by the power brokers who wanted to centralized powers into one hand. Hence; under the Act Governor General of Pakistan enjoyed continuity of the unlimited powers. From Jinnah to Musharraf politics of Pakistan revolved around the personalities in Pakistan. Governor General was a symbol of Federation having supreme authority over the appointment and dismissal of the prime minister and shuffling the cabinet. What Governor General Ghulam Mohammad done with Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin on April 17, 1953 and in with Muhammad Ali Bogra in 1954 became a legacy and it passed on in forthcoming decades till the end of 20^th Century AD and resultantly Democracy turned into the puppet playing in the hands of few personalities or the champions of uniform.  it was no longer remained a sequence of continuation of the process in which every individual of the society would surely have its share. Since the independence, the political parties and workers gave way to the politics of scuffle and intolerance. Therefore; the power brokers assumed control over the power corridors. The article in hand throws light on the advent and sway of the power politics from its genesis to the end of twentieth century AD.