<Li> To frame a Constitution for the country, and </Li> <Li> To set as a Federal Legislative Assembly or Parliament until that Constitution came into effect . </Li> <P> The powers and functions of the central legislature under the Government of India Act were conferred on the Constituent Assembly . The Constituent Assembly could, however, amend the Indian Independence Act, 1947 or the Government of India Act, 1935, and no Act of the British Parliament could be extended to Pakistan without legislation by the Constituent Assembly . The first Constituent Assembly originally consisted of 69 members; subsequently the number of members was increased to 79 . </P> <P> The first major step in the framing of a constitution for Pakistan was taken by the Constituent Assembly on 12 March 1949, when it passed a resolution on the' Aims and Objectives of the Constitution', popularly known as the Objectives Resolution . It laid the foundation of the constitution and indicated the broad outline of its structure . The resolution was moved by Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan . While moving the Resolution, he said: </P>

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