Uncomfortable with the workings of democratic ststem, unruliness in the East Pakistan parliamentary elections and the threat of Baloch separatism in West-Pakistan, Bengali President Iskandar Ali Mirza issued a proclamation that abolished all political parties in both West and East Pakistan, abrogated the two-year old constitution, and imposed the first martial law in the country on October 7, 1958.

On October 27, President Mirza swore in a twelve-member cabinet that included Army Commander General Ayub Khan as Defence Minister as well as chief martial law administrator of the country, along with three other senior military officers in ministerial positions.

Roughly after two weeks, President Mirza's relations with Pakistan Armed Forces deteriorated leading Army Commander General Ayub Khan relieving the president from his presidency and forcefully exiling President Mirza to United Kingdom.

* 1899 – Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan ( d. 1969 )

* 1958 – Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d ' état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

* 1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.

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.

* February 2 – President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across the river Indus near Sukkur.

** Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan ( b. 1899 )

Dismissal of Lieutenant-General Gul by Benazir Bhutto had played a significant role on Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Beg who did not interfere in the matters science and technology, remained supportive towards Benazir Bhutto's hard line actions on the President.

A self-appointed field marshal, the only such five-star rank in Pakistan's military history, he was appointed the first chief martial law administrator by President Iskander Mirza in 1958, a post he retained until the promulgation of a new constitution in 1962.

President Mirza's decision to declare martial law in 1958 was supported by Ayub, whom Mirza declared chief martial law administrator.

In October 1958, President Iskander Mirza staged a coup d ' état and abrogated the constitution.

Supported by these lobbyists, President Iskander Mirza demanded the Prime Minister's resignation.

On 7 October 1958, President Iskander Mirza declared martial law and appointed army chief General Ayub Khan as Chief Martial Law Administrator.

Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, CIE, OBE ( Urdu: اسکندر مرزا ; Bengali: ইস ্ ক া ন ্ দ া র ম ী র ্ জ া; 14 December 1898 – 12 November 1969 ), was the first President of Pakistan, serving from 1956 until being forced out from the presidency in 1958.

The Pakistan Parliament unanimously elected Iskander Mirza as the first President of Pakistan, although the duties and powers associated with the Governor-General office did not change to a great extent.

President Mirza, an Establishment-backed president, widely lacked the parliamentary spirit, distrusting the civilians to ensure the integrity and sovereignty of country.

However, the office was disbanded by President Iskandar Mirza and, in a coup d ' état led by his successor General Ayub Khan in 1958.

* Iskander Mirza, first President of the Republic of Pakistan

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