Editing West Pakistan (section)

===Parliamentary republic===
Since independence, Pakistan had been a [[Federalism|federal]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]] (even as of today, the parliamentary system is the official form of government of Pakistan) with a Prime minister as the [[head of the government]] and a [[List of heads of state of Pakistan#Monarch (1947–1956)|Monarch]] as the [[List of heads of state of Pakistan|head of state]] in a ceremonial office.

The [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956|1956 Constitution]] provided the country with Parliamentary form of Government and the office of President was inaugurated the same year. The career [[Civil Service of Pakistan|civil service officer]] [[Major-General]] (retired) [[Iskander Mirza]] became the country's first President, but the system did not evolve for more than the three years, when Mirza imposed the martial law in 1958. Mirza appointed [[Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army|army commander-in-chief]] General Ayub Khan as [[Chief Martial Law Administrator]]; he later turned his back on the President and exiled him to Great Britain after the military government was installed.

The [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] was a judicial authority, a power broker in country's politics that played a major role in minimising the role of [[Parliament of Pakistan|parliament]]. The Supreme Court was moved to Islamabad in 1965 and [[Chief Justice of Pakistan|Chief Justice]] [[Alvin Robert Cornelius]] re-located the entire judicial arbiter, personnel and high-profile cases in Islamabad. The Supreme Court building is one of the most attractive places in Islamabad, yet the most largely beautiful building in the state capital.

This provisional parliament had no lasting effects of West Pakistan's affairs but it was a ceremonial legislature where the lawmakers would gather around to discuss non-political matters. In 1965, the legislative parliament was moved to [[Islamabad]] after Ayub Khan built a massive capitol. The assembly was renamed as the [[Parliament of Pakistan]] and staffed only with technocrats.