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The '''[[Governor-General]] of [[Pakistan]]''' was the resident representative of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] in Pakistan from [[1947]] to [[1952]] and then [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] ("Queen of Pakistan") from 1952 until [[1956]] when Pakistan was proclaimed a [[republic]].
Hi all,
When Pakistan became an independent, self-governing nation in 1947, it, like post-independent India, provisionally continued to use the [[Government of India Act 1935]], as its written constitution until a post-independence constitution could be drafted; by default this contemplated the continuation of the [[constitutional monarchy]] as a [[Commonwealth realm]] [[dominion]].
This is my first wikipedia article so the formatting is a bit rough. Also, I didn't have time to add everything I wanted to. I thought it better to get the raw article into the wikisphere so you could start hammering away on it. In the meantime, I'm going to comb through my copies of Gibbon and Suetonius for more salacious details on Roman decadence.
The monarch appointed a [[Governor-General]], upon the advice of the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to serve as [[de facto]] [[Head of State]].
- Bustahump
[[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]], considered ''Quaid-e-Azam'' ("[[Father of the Nation]]"), informed [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]]: "when I am Governor-General the Prime Minister will do what I tell him to" -- however Jinnah's rapidly declining health made the issue moot.
==RE:Speedy delete tag==
I don't think this is a candidate for speedy delete. It's probably worth taking to [[AfD]] as [[Wikipedia:Original research|original research]], but I don't think it meets the [[Wikipedia:criteria for speedy deletion|criteria for speedy deletion]]. - [[User:Nzd|N]] [[User talk:Nzd|(talk)]] 13:56, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
After [[Jinnah]]'s death the Governor-General of Pakistan continued to serve a larger role than the India Act proscribed, dismissing multiple Prime Ministers and consolidating power.
==RE:RE:Speedy delete tag==
After reviewing the criteria for speedy deletion, I am completely astonished that anyone would nominate this article as a candidate. Secondly, nothing contained within this article is orginal research. My sources include Suetonius, Edward Gibbon and J. Rufus Fears. I probably should have more rigourously edited this article before posting it... but I thought that is what the wiki-community is all about. I'm going to extend the article, polish the formatting and cite sources at the end as soon as possible. Please do not delete this article as that would force me to rewrite it in different words (if I've understood the speedy-deletion concept correctly).
The office of Governor-General was replaced by the office of [[President of Pakistan]] when Pakistan became a [[republic]] in 1956. The then Governor-General, [[Iskander Mirza]], became Pakistan's first president.
I also want to give a justification for this article's raison d'être: I've noticed that many wikipedia articles include useful lists that group loosely related concepts together. In my studies of ancient Rome, I've encountered countless and sparsely distributed amusing examples of what I loosely defined as roman decadence. This article is merely an attempt to group them into a single place. I think it's interesting and I think many others will find it so as well. ~~bustahump
: I am removing the speedy tag because there is a clear contention. Please use <nowiki>{{afd}}, rather than {{delete}}</nowiki> when tagging articles that do not obviously meet the [[Wikipedia:criteria for speedy deletion|criteria for speedy deletion]]. Bustahump, welcome, and thank you for your contribution. May I suggest you [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|add those references]] to the article. I have done some minor [[wikification]] and added a [[Template:Ancient-Rome-stub|stub]]. [[User:Nzd|N]] [[User talk:Nzd|(talk)]] 15:46, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
==Governors-General of Pakistan==
==This article could be improved==
*[[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]] ([[15 Aug]] [[1947]]–[[11 Sep]] [[1948]])
Modern historians agree that Roman historians did not hold modern standards of objectivity and fact-checking. Some sensational historical accounts written by Romans almost certainly pass along rumor and deliberate political slander, for example. Some of the accounts in this article regarding Nero, for example, are so extreme and sensationalistic that they probably should be viewed with some doubt. If they are confirmed by multiple independent sources, the article should say so. If they are reported by only one author, particularly if that author is not renowned for his accurate reporting and objectivity, the article should mention that some of these assertions are historically doubtful. Possibly some of this information should be described as "unreliable contemporary accounts," rather then described as if we have some confidence that they actually occurred. [[User:Bigvalleytim|Bigvalleytim]] 19:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
*[[Khwaja Nazimuddin]] ([[14 Sep]] [[1948]]–[[17 Oct]] [[1951]])
*[[Ghulam Mohammad]] ([[17 Oct]] [[1951]]–[[6 Oct]] [[1955]])
*[[Iskander Mirza]] ([[6 Oct]] [[1955]]–[[23 Mar]] [[1956]])
{{GG}}
:Also, the article doesn't seem to mention the fact that the fall of Rome was several hundred years out from Nero and Caligula. The actual fall of Rome had to do with economic and social decline in western Europe, and the fact that Rome was exposed to attack from the invaders of that territory; and simply could not rouse enough interest to field armies to defend itself, largely because the people whose opinions mattered in western Europe couldn't be bothered. To the extent that Roman decadence means anything, it had more to do with the rise of serfdom and the dwindling of the last vestiges of the republican ideals than it had to do with Caligula's orgies. [[User:Ihcoyc|Smerdis of Tlön]] 04:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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A recent lecture at the University of Sydney suggested that the idea of a "Roman orgy" is in fact a myth.
*I agree that this article is undoubtedly worthy of inclusion. Like ohers, though, I think there are some inaccuracies, inappropriate broad conclusions and such... That said, I don't think I'm an expert enough to be the one to correct it. I've added the ''cleanup'' tag. [[User:Porlob|Porlob]] 12:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
==Bias==
this article has a clear bias
== Two other possible additions? ==
Shall we include the Emperors Elagabalus and Commodus? God knows they were insane and perverted enouth.
== Historical Accuracy ==
Undoubtedly some of the Roman Emperors were quite unsavoury characters, however some contemporary historians have suggested that the stories of Roman decadence not entirely accurate. History is written by the victors who frequently smear their predessors to legitimise themselves and preserve their historical legacy. Then there is always the gossip factor, there is probably a kernal of truth in most of the stories however they are almost certainly inflated. Some of what are percieved to be debaucheries may also be calculated political move, Caligula making his horse consul is a historical fact (to my knowledge) however it may well have been an insult to senators, he could have been saying that his horse would make a better consul than them. Another example is Claudius marrying his niece, I don't know the particulars of this, however royalty have been historcally very inbred and Claudius is by no means the only historical royal to marry his niece. These points should be included in the article to give an approriately balanced and informative view worthy of being included in an encyclopedia.
--[[User:Chr1sday87|Chr1sday87]] 05:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
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