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1977-2004
elections were held on March 7 in
which Pakistan Peoples Party
managed to win 155 out of 200
seats in the National Assembly.
Pakistan National Alliance was
only able to win 36 National
Assembly seats
PNA alleged rigging in election
At last Martial Law was imposed
by Zia-ul-Haq on 5th July,1977
Bhutto was hanged on April
4,1979
Referendum 1984
The elections for the National and
Provincial Assemblies were held in
1985 on February 25 and 28,
respectively
Muhammad Khan Junejo Becomes
Prime Minister [1985]
Eighth Amendment
lifting of Martial Law
five-point program in December
1985
Ojheri Camp near Islamabad on
April 10, 1988
Dismisal of JUNEJO
Benazir Bhutto Becomes Prime
Minister [1988]
In the 1988 elections, Pakistan
Peoples Party won 94 seats in
the National Assembly
Ghulam Ishaq Khan becomes
President [1988-93]
The conflict between the
President and the Prime Minister
arose in two areas; the
appointment of the Military
Chiefs and the Superior Court
Judges
on August 6, 1990, President
dissolved the National Assembly
Nawaz Sharif Becomes Prime
Minister [1990] PDA VS IJI
elections for the
National and Provincial
Assemblies were held
on October 24 and 27,
1990.
IJI secured105 N.A
seats while PPP
gained 45.
Party position in provinces
Sr.no Name of Punjab Sindh NWFP Baluchis
party tan
1 IJI 216 6 29 7
2 PDA 10 46 8 1
Performance of Nawaz Govenment
Water apportionment accord
National finance commission’s award
Privatization
Differences with COAS and President
Polices towards law and order problem in urban Sindh
Gulf war
Appointments in ISI and Army
Appointment of COAS
Campaign for abrogation of 58(2)
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved the
National Assembly on April 18,1993, once again
exercising his power through the Eighth
Amendment.
Restoration of National Assembly
by Supreme Court on May 26,1993.
1 PPP 94 56 22 3
2 PML(N) 106 8 15 6
The Presidential Election
The Presidential
election was held on
November 13. Farooq
Ahmad Khan Leghari,
the P. P. P. candidate,
won by 274 to 168
votes against the then
acting President
Wasim Sajjad.
Farooq Leghari taking oath as President
of Pakistan
Performance of BenazirGovernment
Confrontation between PPP& PML(N)
Differences with Judiciary
Extra Judicial killing
Corruption
Dismissal on 5th November 1996
Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime
Minister [1997]
As scheduled, elections
were held on February
3, 1997. Pakistan
Muslim League won
with 2/3 majority.
It secured134 N.A Nawaz Sharif taking oath
seats while PPP gained as Prime Minister for the
second time, in 1997
18.
Party position in provinces
Sr.no Name of Punjab Sindh NWFP Baluchis
party tan
1 PML(N) 211 15 31 4
2 PPP 2 34 1 1
Performance of Nawaz’s
Government
National debt retirement
programme
Thirteen Amendment(1st
april ,1997)
Fourteen Amendment(1st
july,1997)
Fifteen Amendment(28th
august,1998)
The referendum took place on April 30, 2002, with no competition and
no option but to vote for General Musharraf. The referendum question
put forward to the people was: "For the survival of the local
government system, establishment of democracy, continuity of
reforms, end to sectarianism and extremism, and to fulfill the vision of
Quaid-i-Azam, would you like to elect President General Pervez
Musharraf as President of Pakistan for five years?"
97% success in refrerendum
GENERAL ELECTIONS 2002
The National and
Provincial elections
were held on
October10,2002. total
elected members for
the 342 National
President Pervez Musharraf Assembly seats and
administering oath to Mir
Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 728 seats of the four
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Provincial Assemblies.
PML(Q) gained 77 N.A
seats
Seventeenth Amendment was passed
which is basically the Legal Framework
Order 2002 that has been accepted as
part of the Constitution with minor
modifications and may be, therefore,
termed as an LFO-amended
Constitution.
Jamali resigned on june24,2004
Shaukat Aziz became the 23rd Prime
Minister of Pakistan on August 23,
2004 after he won two National
Assembly seats from Attock and
Tharparkar on August 18 by-elections
and took oath as Member of National
Assembly on August 20.