Federal political system resolve the problem of premature dissolutions of government in

6. 
Conclusion ......................................................................................... 99 
6.1 Researcher’s Contribution to Knowledge & Practice ....................... 103 
6.1.1 Contribution to knowledge ......................................................... 103 
6.1.2 Contribution to practice .............................................................. 103 
6.2 Recommendations for policy and future research. .......................... 105 
Appendix 1 ................................................................................................ 108 
Bibliography .............................................................................................. 109 
Table of charts, tables and figures 
Table 1- Summary of Acts of Dissolution ............................................................ 69 
Table 2 - Summary of Results ............................................................................. 70 
Table 3 - Salient Features of the USA and Pakistan .......................................... 108 

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Abstract 
According to the researcher's hypothesis of constitutional suitability, only a suitable 
political system works efficiently, a suitable political system for a democratic federal 
state such as Pakistan is a Democratic Federal Political System, which comprises 
key factors such as equal representation, separation of powers and a system of 
checks and balances. These factors appear to be either missing or not appropriately 
incorporated in Pakistan's past and present constitutional instruments. To test the 
hypothesis, this document uses two methods of investigation.
The first is a qualitative, interpretative evaluation of the prevalence of absolute 
power and self-interest in Pakistan's constitutional history by reference to historical 
and statutory sources. This can be traced back to colonial times. Absolute power 
has been carried forward either explicitly or implicitly in Pakistan’s constitutional 
instruments to preserve self-interest that followed on from vice regal reigns, which 
has resulted in seven episodes of state emergency. At times, some of the key factors 
have been present in Pakistan, putting a temporary halt to premature dissolutions 
of government. However, it is concluded that the practice is likely to continue until 
a suitable political system is assumed.
The second is a structuralist and functionalist comparative law analysis of both the 
state and political structures of the USA and Pakistan. The USA's political system 
has great similarities to the researcher's model of a Democratic Federal Political 
System. This analysis shows that there appear to be several incompatibilities 
between the political systems. Nevertheless, there is a great deal of similarity 
between the state structures of both countries. It is, therefore, concluded that the 
initial hypothesis has been substantially borne out, and that it would be possible 
for Pakistan to adopt a Democratic Federal Political System, although slight 
variations from the US model will be required. 

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