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Quaid’s Pakistan
While addressing a conference on “Quaid’s Pakistan” held at the National
Arts Council Karachi the other day, the Chairman Senate Mr. Raza Rabbani
asserted that the Quaid was for the Parliamentary form of government and the
few Presidential forms of govts. that we have had brought nothing but
disaster to Pakistan (words to that effect). Leaving aside the discussion
whether the Presidential govts. brought progress or disaster to the
country, let me draw the attention of your august readers to the two
manuscripts of the Quaid e Azam which are held in the National Archives,
Islamabad and in which the Quaid on July 10th, 1947, probably
for addressing some meeting had made these notes in his own hand which
make it clear that he preferred the Presidential Form of Govt. for
Pakistan. The notes read as follow:
Future
Constitution of Pakistan
Dangers of Parliamentary Form of Govt.
(1)
Parliamentary Form of Govt.
I__> It has worked
satisfactorily in England no where else.
(2)
Presidential Form of Govt.
(more suited to Pakistan)
For original please see page 3 of the Quaid’s notes appended below:
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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