CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN

(Proceedings taken from National Assembly Library)

Sunday, 10th August 1947

The first meeting of the National Assembly of Pakistan took place in the assembly chamber, Karachi,
on Sunday the 10th August, 1947 at 10 of the clock.

Election of the Temporary Chairman

The Honorable Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan (East Bengal: Muslim):
Ladies and Gentlemen! I propose that Mr. Jogendra Nath Mandal be elected as temporary chairman.
Khawaja Nazimuddin (East Bengal:Muslim):I beg to second the proposal.
(The Honorable Mr Jogendra Nath Mandala took the chair.)

Presentation of Credentials and Signing

Of The Register
Mr. Chairman: Ladies and Gentlemen, I would now request you to present your credentials to the
Secretary who will call out your names one by one and sign out the Roll
After the Honourable Mr. Jogendra Nathan Mandala presented his credentials and signed his name in
the register the following members also presented their credentials and signed their names in the
register

(2) Quaid e Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah (3) The Honourable Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan
(4) Mr. Abdullah-al Mahmood (5) Khawaja Nazimuddin
(6) The Honourable Mr.H.S Shrawardy (7)Mr. Kiran Shankar Roy
(8) The Honourable Mr Nurul Amin (9) Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Osmani
(10) Mr.A.K Fazlul Haq (11)Mr. Hamidul Haq Chowdhury
(12) Mr. Abdul Hameed (13) Mr Tamizuddin Khan
(14) Mr.M.A.H. Isphany (15)Mr. Dhirendra Nath Datta
(16) Mr.Prem Hari Barma (17)Prof. Raja Kumar Chakerverty
(18) Prof. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (19)Maulana Md. Abdullah-el Baqui
(20) Khawaja Shabuddin (21) Mr. Abdul Masud Abdul Hamid
(22)Mr. Azizuddin Ahmed (23) Mr. Ghyasuddin Pathan
(24)Mr.Hafizuddin Ahmed (25) Dr. Mahmud Hussain
(26)Dr. A.M. Malik (27) Mr. Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(28 Mr.Bhupendra Kumar Datta (30)Mr. Jnanendra Chandra Majumdar
(30)Mr. Birat Chandra Mandal (31) Mr. Murtaza Raza Choudhury
(32)The Honourable Mr. Habibullah Bahar (33)Mr. Nur Ahmed
(34)Mr.Abdul Kasem Khan (35)Sri D.Roy
(36)Mr.Sachindra Naryan Sanyal (37)Mr. Harendra Kumar Sur
(38)Mr. Bhim Sen Saobar (39) Khan Iftikhar Hussain Khan
(40)The Honourable Sardar Rab Khan Nishtar (41) The Honourable Ghazanfar Ali Khan
(42)Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (43) Malik Mohammad Firoz Khan Noon
(44)Mr.Ganga Saran (45)Mian Mohammad Iftikhar-ud Din
(46)Lala Avatar Narayan Gujral (47)Dr. Omar Hayat Malik
(48)Sheikh Karamat Ali (49)Mr. Nazir Ahmed Khan
(50)Khan Sardar Bahadar Khan (51)Honorable Mr.M.A. Khuhro
(52)The Honourable Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rehman (53)Mr.Mohammad Hashim Gazdr
(54) Sardar Bahadar Mohd Khan Jogezai
 Monday 11th August 1947

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan met at the Assembly Chamber at Karachi at 10 of the
clock, the temporary Chairman (The Honorable Mr.Jogendra Nath Mandal) in the Chair.

Presentation of Credentials and Signing

Of The Register
Mr. Chairman (The Honorable Mr.Jogendra Nath Mandal): I request those Members who
have not presented their Credentials and signed the role to present their credentials to the
Secretary and sign the Roll.

The following Members then presented their credentials and signed their name in the register

The Honorable Mr. Fazalur Rehman East Bengal-Muslim

The Honorable Mr. Mohammed Ali East Bengal-Muslim
Mr. Abdul Matin Chaudhary Sylhet-Muslim
Mr. Akhshay Kumar Das Sylhet-Central

Election of President
Mr. Chairman: In compliance with provisions of paragraph 2 of the resolution regarding the
procedure for the election of the President passed by the Assembly on the 10th August 1947,
I have to announce two Honorable Members that seven nomination papers duly filled in have
been received by the Secretary on behalf of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
The names of the Proposers and Seconders are as follows:

Proposers Seconders
1. Mr.Riasuddin Pathan 1. Mr.Abdulla-al Mahmood
2. Mr.Hamidul Haq Chowdhury 2.Mr.Mohammed Habibullah Bahar
3. Mr.Adul Kasem Khan 3.Mr.Nur Ahmed
4. The Honorable Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan 4.Honorable Sardar Abdur Rab Khan Nishtar
5. Khawaja Nazimuddin 5.Khan Iftikhar Husain Khan
6. The Honorable Mr.M.A Khuhro 6.Sardar Bahadar Khan
7. Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Osmani 7.Honorable Mr. Ghazanfar Ali Khan

All nomination papers are valid, and, as there is no other candidate I hereby declare Quaid-
e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah as the duly elected President of the Constituent Assembly,
(loud applause).
(Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah accompanied by the The Honorable Mr. Liaquat Ali
Khan and the Honorable Sardar Abdur Rab Khan Nishtar went up to the dais and occupied
the Chair amidst loud applause).

The above were elected indirectly by the Provincial Assemblies whose elections were held in
1946 for the Constituent Assembly of India and signed the Roll of Members in New Delhi on
9th December 1946.
 Additional members were included to represent the Princely States and Refugees and others
as follows:
Date unknown
(59) Maulana Mohammad Akrum Khan
(61)Begum Shaista Suhraward Ikramullah
(63)Honorable Sir Zafrullah Khan
(65)Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
(67)Maudi Brakesh Chandra
(69)Mr. Kawlvi Kerwar Datta
July, 1949
(71)Mr.Shahoodul Haque
(73)Mr.Seth Sukhdiv
December, 1949
(75)Maulvi Fazl-I-Hussain
April, 1950
(77)Mr. Abdul Monem Khan
(79)Zakeeruddin Moezzem Hossain
(81)Mr. Abdul Wahid Khan
(83)Mr. Ghulam Bhik Nairang
(85)Mr. Ralila Rana
(87)Mr.Ahmad Ebrahim Haroon Jaffar
October, 1951
January,1952
(89)Mr. Ameer Azam Khan Sardar
(91)Mr.Mohammad Ali Ch.
(93)Mr.Shaukat Ali Malik
1953
(95) Shamsher Rehman Syed
(60) Moulavi M.A. Ebrahim Khan
(62) Mian Mumtaz Mohammad Khan Daultana
(64) Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan
(66) Sardar Asadullah Jan Khan
(68) Mr. B.L Serajul Islam
(70) Honorable Mr. Ghulam Mohammad
(72)Mr.Adbul Basher Mahmood Hussain
(74)M.H. Kazilbash
(76) Jan Sahib Ghulam Kadir Khan
(78) Mr. Asadullah
(80) Mr. Abdul Hamid Khan Soofi
(82) Mr. Ali Akbar Khan
(84) Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Gumani
(86)Mr.Sadiq Hussain Sheikh
(88)Makhdum Zada Syed Hassan Mahmud
(90) Mr. Bhandera P.D.
(92)Mr.Khalil ur Rehman Syed
(94) Mr. Abdul Qusem
(96)Wahiduzzaman