Abstract
Pakistan has faced multiple problems in its early days regarding framing of constitution. Due to death of Qaid-e-Azam, Liaqat Ali Khan’s assassination, abrogation of first constituent assembly, legal interpretation of powers of Governor General. Then imposition of martial laws and instability of elected governments due to army intervention time and again, till 2009, when supreme court has declared every act abrogating the constitution as illegal and unlawful and also nipped the evil in bud by stopping the gateway to martial law in its land mark judgments. These steps are discussed in this writing to highlight the core issue of instability of the Constitution in Pakistan.
Keywords: Constitution, Martial law, Supreme court, Army intervention, Emergency
