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The West-Pakistan went through many political changes, and had a mulitiple political party system.

The West-Pakistan's political system had consisted popular influential Left-wing sphere against elite Right-wing circles.

Since the independence, the West-Pakistan was a parliamentary republic ( even as of today, the parliamentary system is the official form of government of Pakistan ) with Prime minister as the head of the government and President as head of state, although Presidential office is ceremonial office.

The 1956 Constitution provided the country with Semi-Presidential system and the office of President was inaugurated the same year.

The career civil service officer Major-General ( retired ) Iskander Mirza became the country's first President, but the system did not evolved for more than the three years, when Mirza imposed the martial law in 1958.

Mirza appointed army commander General Ayub Khan as Chief martial law administrator who later turned his back on President and exiled the president to Great Britain after the military government was installed.