Causes and Consequences of PNA’s Agitation about the Election of 1977: An Analytical Study in Perspective of Print Media
Abstract
This research focuses on the PNA’s demands such as restoration of democratic government as indicated by the 1973 constitution. Besides this, Freedom and Supremacy of the judiciary and the removal of black laws, state of emergency and different curbs on common freedoms were the major parts of its demands. The purpose of PNA was to compel the government to dissolve the National and all Provincial Assemblies and formed an interim government to conduct fair and free elections so; this paper is the outcome of the detailed demands and agitation of the opposition coalition. The focus of this research is also to enforce the political as well as Socio-economic justice. In this research paper, the authors have also tried to highlight the reasons behind this coalition like annulment of Elections, dismissal of the Chief Election Commissioner and the resignation of Prime Minister and the aftermath of this agitation.
Authors
Muhammad Afzal
Ph. D Scholar, Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Khalil Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmad Ali
Ph. D Scholar, Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Pakistan National Alliance, Pakistan Peoples’ Party, TahreekNizam-e-Mustafa