why were there so many governments between 1951 and 1958
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In 1951, with the appointment of the first native Pakistani as the commander-in-chief of the Army, the military top brass joined the power structure and a civil-military oligarchy positioned itself to decide the direction of the state and lay down the parameters of the political institutions. Liaquat Ali Khan’s assassination paved the way for the type of political engineering that was now in the offing. In complete disregard of parliamentary practices, the cabinet was made to elevate the finance minister, Ghulam Mohammad, to the post of governor general. The incumbent, Khawaja Nazimuddin, was persuaded to step down and become the prime minister. Another bureaucrat, Chaudhri Mohammad Ali, became the new finance minister.
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Jinnah had died in 1948 and Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in 1951. The country was struggling to establish a stable government without these two experienced figures. The problems of running a new country were very difficult to overcome and India had not been forthcoming in sharing out the joint assets.
The problems associated with managing the Kashmir issue and relations with India over it were very difficult with no agreement on its future. The formation of East Pakistan brought with it problems relating to the capital being located in West Pakistan, and the refusal to have Bengali as the main language was a source of discontent and conflict.
Together with a plethora of assassinations of leading figures, inexperienced politicians were having great difficulty running the country, and as a result there was a lack of stability in governing and this led to many different governments being formed during these years.
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