President of pakistan

  1. Yahya Khan
  2. The President — PakVoter
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster : NPR


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Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan, in full Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, (born February 4, 1917, near Yahya was born to a family that was After serving in the war with India over the Yahya Khan succeeded Ayub Khan as president when the latter resigned his office in March 1969. In 1971 a serious conflict erupted between the central government and the Awami Party of what was then East Pakistan, led by Sheikh

The President — PakVoter

• The Parliament of Pakistan, according to the Constitution of 1973, is bi-cameral. Article 50 of the Constitution clearly states that the Parliament of Pakistan consists of the President and two Houses known as the National Assembly and the Senate. The President is the constitutional head of the state. The office of president represents the unity of federation and conducts its functions with utmost impartiality and neutrality. Elected for five years, by both houses of parliament and of the four Provincial Assemblies, the president is entitled to the highest respect and esteem by all the functionaries of the state. The president resides in presidency named “Aiwan-e-Sadar” in Federal Capital Islamabad. In his absence, the Chairman Senate takes over as the Acting President until the President resumes office, or the election of the next President is held. Powers of the President • All the legislation made by the parliament need assent of the president of Pakistan before coming into force. • The president of Pakistan makes some most important appointments on advice of the Prime Minister; appointment of the chief justice, chiefs of the armed forces and chairman joint chief of staff committee. • The constitution of Pakistan empowers the president to grant pardon to the convicts on recommendation of the executive or judiciary. • The President himself has absolute constitutional immunity from criminal and civil proceedings, and no proceedings can be initiated or continued against ...

Jawaharlal Nehru

(1889-1964) Who Was Jawaharlal Nehru? Jawaharlal Nehru joined the Indian National Congress and joined Indian Nationalist leader Early Life Nehru was born in Allahabad, India in 1889. His father was a renowned lawyer and one of Mahatma Gandhi's notable lieutenants. A series of English governesses and tutors educated Nehru at home until he was 16. He continued his education in England, first at the Harrow School and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned an honors degree in natural science. He later studied law at the Inner Temple in London before returning home to India in 1912 and practicing law for several years. Four years later, Nehru married Kamala Kaul; their only child, Indira Priyadarshini, was born in 1917. Like her father, Indira would later serve as prime minister of India under her married name: Entering Politics In 1919, while traveling on a train, Nehru overheard British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer gloating over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The massacre, also known as the Massacre of Amritsar, was an incident in which 379 people were killed and at least 1,200 wounded when the British military stationed there continuously fired for ten minutes on a crowd of unarmed Indians. Upon hearing Dyer’s words, Nehru vowed to fight the British. The incident changed the course of his life. This period in Indian history was marked by a wave of nationalist activity and governmental repression. Nehru joined the Indian National Congress, one of India's two m...

Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster : NPR

Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, speaks while other opposition parties leader watch during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 7, 2022. Anjum Naveed/AP ISLAMABAD — Pakistani lawmakers are to choose a new prime minister on Monday, capping a tumultuous week of political drama that saw the ouster of Imran Khan as premier and a constitutional crisis narrowly averted after the country's top court stepped in. The leading contender is Shahbaz Sharif, opposition lawmaker and a brother of disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. But his election will not guarantee a clear path forward — or solve Pakistan's many economic problems, including high inflation and a soaring energy crisis. Khan, a former cricket star whose conservative Islamist ideology and dogged independence characterized his three years and eight months in office, was ousted early Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament. Deserted by his party allies and a key coalition partner, his opposition pushed Khan out with 174 votes — two more than the required simple majority in the 342-seat National Assembly. The opposition has selected Shahbaz Sharif as its candidate for prime minister, claiming it has enough votes in his favor. Hundreds of thousands rally for Khan Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or Pakistan Justice Party, has put forward former foreign minister and seasoned politician Shah Mahmood Qureshi as its candidate. But Qureshi ...