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Pakistan: The Pervez Musharraf government On October 12, 1999, while Musharraf was out of the National Security Council, made up of civilian and military appointees, to run Pakistan in the Over the next several years, Musharraf survived a number of assassination attempts. He reinstated the constitution in 2002, though it was heavily In 2007 Musharraf sought reelection to the presidency, but he faced opposition from Pakistan’s Supreme Court, primarily over the issue of his continuing to serve simultaneously as both president and head of the military. The court thwarted his attempt to suspend the chief The poor performance of Musharraf’s party in the February 2008 parliamentary elections was widely seen as a rejection of the president and his rule. The elections yielded an opposition coalition headed by Sharif and Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. In October 2010, after a period of self-imposed exile, Musharraf announced the formation of a new All Pakistan Muslim League, and vowed to return to Pakistan in time for the 2013 national elections. He did so in March 2013, but his bid to stand in elections faced a variety of legal and political obstacles, including several open criminal investigations regarding his actions as president. On April 18 a Pakistani court disqualified him from entering the race because of an ongoing investigation regarding his

The President of a country is usually the head of state and government, and is often the ceremonial leader of the country. The President is usually elected by the people through a democratic process, and serves for a specific term. The President is responsible for representing the country internationally, and for overseeing the administration and operation of the government. In some countries, the President also has the power to veto or sign laws, appoint judges and other officials, and serve as commander-in-chief of the military. The role and powers of the President can vary greatly depending on the country and its political system. List of Presidents of Pakistan From 1947 to 2023 Here is a list of the Presidents of Pakistan: Sr No Name Took Office Left Office 1 Iskander Mirza 23 March 1956 27 October 1958 2 Ayub Khan 27 th October 1958 8 June 1962 8 June 1962 25 March 1969 3 Yahya Khan 25 March 1969 20 December 1971 4 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 20 December 1971 13 August 1973 5 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 14 August 1973 16 September 1978 6 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 16 September 1978 17 August 1988 7 Ghulam Ishaq Khan 17 August 1988 18 July 1993 8 Wasim Sajjad 18 July 1993 14 November 1993 9 Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari 14 November 1993 2 December 1997 10 Wasim Sajjad 2 December 1997 1 January 1998 11 Muhammad Rafiq Tarar 1 January 1998 20 June 2001 12 Pervez Musharraf 20 June 2001 6 October 2007 6 October 2007 18 August 2008 13 Muhammad Mian Soomro 18 August 2008 8 September 2008 14 Asif A...

Pakistan: The first administration of Benazir Bhutto Shortly after Bhutto completed her studies in 1977 and returned to Pakistan, her father was deposed by Gen. First and second terms as Pakistan’s first female prime minister On December 1, 1988, Bhutto became the In elections held in October 1993 the PPP won a plurality of votes, and it succeeded in beating out Sharif’s Pakistan Corruption charges and exile Voter turnout was low in the 1997 elections, in which Bhutto’s PPP suffered a decisive loss to Sharif’s PML-N. With British and Swiss cooperation, Sharif’s administration continued to pursue the corruption charges against Bhutto. In 1999 Bhutto and her husband—a controversial businessman and senator jailed since 1996 on a variety of charges—were both convicted of corruption by a Lahore court, a decision overturned by the Supreme Court in 2001 because of evidence of governmental interference. Bhutto did not achieve political Because of Musharraf’s 2002 decree banning prime ministers from serving a third term, Bhutto was not permitted to stand for elections that same year. In addition, legislation in 2000 that prohibited a court-convicted individual from holding party office Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP). Legally separate and free from the restrictions brought upon the PPP by Bhutto’s leadership, the PPPP participated in the 2002 elections, in which it proceeded to earn a strong vote. However, Bhutto’s terms for cooperation with the military government—...

Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Thursday stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan, who is also his close aide, ought to publicly denounce the May 9 events, which saw attacks on the government buildings and military sites following Khan's arrest, reported Geo News. In an interview on Geo News' "Capital Talk" programme, the president advocated for prosecuting miscreants responsible for the May 9 events. The PTI chairman, according to the president, did not oppose General Asim Munir, the COAS of the Army. The PTI leadership, which includes the party chairman Khan, has denounced the attacks in which the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi was also a target and demanded an investigation into the incidents by the Supreme Court. Following Khan's arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case, which resulted in break out of violent protests across Pakistan, forced the government to detain thousands of PTI employees, according to Geo News. The Islamabad High Court has granted bail to Imran Khan till June 8 in cases registered against him. The army declared that May 9, 2023, the day turmoil erupted across the country following Khan's arrest, will be remembered as a "dark chapter" in history after the PTI chief supporters stormed army installations. Recently, Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir said that "planned and orchestrated tragic incidents" of May 9, the day military installations were attacked, will never be allowed again at any cost, ARY News reported. The...

After the unpredictability of the Trump years, Pakistan approached Joe Biden’s win and the new administration with both expectation and apprehension. It hoped that the administration would buy its pitch for a reset and for broadening relations beyond Afghanistan, but it worried about “baggage” that the Biden team could bring from its experience during the Obama years — the second half of which was a relative low point in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Nearly 100 days into the new administration, it appears that redefining U.S.-Pakistan relations isn’t going to be quite as easy as Islamabad had hoped, even as Pakistan concertedly pushes a new geo-economic vision. Twitter MadihaAfzal President Biden has not yet spoken to Prime Minister Imran Khan. Nor did Biden invite Pakistan to a planned leaders summit on climate change later this month, though the leaders of India and Bangladesh will be there, and Pakistan was the only country among the world’s 10 most populous to not receive an invitation. Its absence is all the more pointed given Pakistan’s efforts to mitigate climate change, including its commitment to plant Trump took a What Pakistan wants In recent months, Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership have together been promoting a new focus on “geo-economics” — an approach that emphasizes regional trade and connectivity, and stresses that Pakistan is open for business. The new focus recognizes that a geo strategic approach only goes so far, and if Pakistan is to rise...

Even by the standards of Pakistan’s perpetually unstable politics, the last ten weeks in the country have been exceptionally turbulent. Pakistan has a new government as of April 11 after Imran Khan was forced out via a vote of no confidence. The weeks leading up to the vote, from the filing of the motion on March 8 to the vote on April 10, were dramatic and full of intrigue. Now, the country is in economic and political crisis. Shahbaz Sharif’s new government has been in a state of decision paralysis and is struggling to find its footing, while the ousted prime minister is leading rallies across the country attacking the government’s legitimacy and calling for fresh elections. At the same time, Pakistan is also in the grip of an acute climate emergency. It’s not only political temperatures that are spiking: an Twitter MadihaAfzal The fall of Khan’s government Crucial to the current crisis is understanding how Khan’s government fell. While Khan was Pakistan’s first prime minister to be ousted via a no-confidence vote, he joined each of his predecessors as prime minister in not lasting five years — the length of parliament’s electoral term — in office. Pakistan’s major opposition parties had been clamoring for Khan’s exit since he came into office — Several factors were responsible for the fracture between Khan and the military, who previously had functioned on a much-touted “same page.” The biggest was an impasse over the transfer of the director general of the Inter Servic...