Different political stages in Pakistan

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 430.

1. Pakistan came into being in 14 August 1947. From that till now following stages takes place.

2. Pakistan declared itself an Islamic republic on adoption of a constitution in 1956, but the civilian rule was stalled by the 1958 military coup d'йtat by Ayub Khan, who ruled during a period of internal instability and a second war with India in 1965.

3. Economic grievances and political dissent in East Pakistan led to violent political tensions and army repression, escalating into civil war followed by the third war with India.

4. Pakistan's defeat in the war ultimately led to the secession of East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh^.

5. Civilian rule resumed from 1972 to 1977 under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, until he was deposed by General Zia-ul-Haq, who became the country's third military president.

6. Pakistan's secular policies were replaced by the Islamic Shariah legal code, which increased religious influences on the civil service and the military.

7. With the death of Zia-ul-Haq in 1988, Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan. Over the next decade, she alternated power with Nawaz Sharif, as the country's political and economic situation worsened.

8. Military tensions in the Kargil conflict with India were followed by a 1999 coup d'йtat in which General Pervez Musharraf assumed executive powers. This occurred due to the defeat of Pakistan by India in Kargil and the economic hardship that followed after the Kargil conflict.

9. In 2001, Musharraf named himself President after the resignation of Rafiq Tarar.

10. In the 2002 Parliamentary Elections, Musharraf transferred executive powers to newly elected Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who was succeeded in the 2004 by Shaukat Aziz.

11. On 15 November 2007 the National Assembly completed its term and a caretaker government was appointed with the former Chairman of the Senate, Muhammad Mian Soomro as Prime Minister.

12. Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, that resulted in a series of important political developments, her husband Asif Ali Zardari was eventually elected as the new President in 2008.