Revolution in Pakistan : a study of the martial law administration

Foreword v

Abbreviations xi

I The Declaration of Martial Law 1

II Circumstances Preceding the 1958 Coup 22

III Position of the Armed Forces in Relation to Politics 35

IV Economic Reforms 44

V Land Reforms and Agriculture 56

VI Reform in Public Life and in the Public Services 68

VII Social Reform 84

VIII Basic Democracies 103

IX Enforcement Economic Planning 125

X Family Laws 137

XI East Pakistan West Pakistan Relations 151

XII Foreign Policy 167

XIII Relations with India 185

XIV The Constitution of 1962 194

XV The Shape of a Revolution 205

APPENDICES

I Proclamation issued by President Mirza 212

II Proclamation issued by General Muhammad Ayub Khan 216

III Martial Law Regulations dated 15 October 1958 217

IV Central Government officials removed from service or otherwise punished by screening committees 224

V Charges against certain public men under EBDO 225

VI The Press in Pakistan 226

VII List of Inquiry Commissions set up during the Martial Law Administration 231

VIII Terms of Reference of the Constitution Commission 232

IX The Ruet i Hilal Controversy 233