Editing West Pakistan (section)

===Military dictatorships===
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From 1947 to 1959, the government was only partially stable. Seven [[List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan|prime ministers]], [[Governor-General of Pakistan#List of office-holders|four]] [[Governor-General of Pakistan|governors-general]], and one [[List of Presidents of Pakistan|president]] were forcefully removed either by [[constitutional coup]] or by [[military coup]]. The [[One Unit]] program was met with harsh opposition, civil unrest, and political disturbance. Support for the [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]] and [[Pakistan Socialist Party]] in the upcoming elections threatened Pakistan's [[Civil Service of Pakistan|technocracy]]. The Muslim League and Socialist Party gained momentum after the League's defeat in the 1954 elections, and the Socialist Party were challenging for the constituencies of the [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Iskandar Mirza]]'s [[Republican Party (Pakistan)|Republican Party]]. Relations with the United States deteriorated, with the US assessing that democracy in both states was failing.

A US-backed [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état|military coup d'état]] was launched in 1958 by the [[Pakistan Army]] command. The [[Urdu speaking|Urdu-speaking class]] and the [[Bengal|Bengali nation]] were forcefully removed from the affairs of West Pakistan. With the imposition of martial law led by then-[[Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army|Army Commander-in-Chief]] General [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]], the [[state capital]] was moved from Karachi to [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|Army General Combatant Headquarters (The GHQ)]] at [[Rawalpindi]] in 1959, whilst the federal legislature was moved to Dacca. In 1963, Rawalpindi had become in effect a federal capital; a new city was planned and constructed, finally completing in 1965. In 1965, the state capital was finally re-located in Islamabad.