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1344:, chief jurist for Bhutto's case. Mushtaq Hussain was famously known in the public as extreme hater of Bhutto, and played a controversial role in Bhutto's removal as foreign minister in 1965. Mushtaq Hussain, now judge, disrespected Bhutto and his hometown, and further denied any appeals. Under Zia's direction and Mushtaq's order, Bhutto was controversially executed in 1979 after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's death sentence on charges of authorizing the murder of a political opponent. Under Zia's martial law military dictatorship (which was declared legal under the Doctrine of Necessity by the Supreme Court in 1978) the following initiatives were taken:
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who took part in this assumed conspiracy, placing them in the infamous Adiala Jail. A quick trial was held in the
Supreme Court which gave Sharif a life sentence, with his assets being frozen based on a corruption scandal. He came close to receiving the death sentence based on the hijacking case. The news of Sharif's dismissal made headlines all over the world and under pressure from US President Bill Clinton and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia Musharraf agreed to spare Sharif's life. Exiled to Saudi Arabia, Sharif was forced to be out of politics for nearly ten years.
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around 15,000 Balochs fought the
Pakistani Army, Navy and Air Force. Following the successful recovery of the ammunition in the Iraqi embassy, shipped by both Iraq and Soviet Union for the Baluchistan resistance, the Naval Intelligence launched the investigation, and cited that arms were smuggled from the coastal areas of Balochistan. The Navy acted immediately, and jumped in the conflict. Vice-Admiral Patrick Simpson, commander of Southern Naval Command, began to launch the series of operation with also applying the naval blockage.
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355:, a prelude to future constitutions, in the Legislative Assembly. The house passed it on 12 March 1949. It has been described as the "Magna Carta" of Pakistan's constitutional history. Both United States and Soviet Union sent invitation to Liaquat Ali Khan. However, Khan chose to pay a goodwill visit to United States first. This was perceived as a rebuff to Moscow, and has been traced to profound adverse consequences. Khan had wanted Pakistan to remain neutral in the
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Premier. The Military government and General Yahya Khan was kept unaware of these developments. Both Bhutto and Mujib continued political pressure on Khan's military government. Under pressure by Bhutto, Mujib and his military government, General Khan ordered a military action in East Pakistan. The Military Police arrested Bhutto and put him on house arrest. And, Mujib was sent to military court where his case was headed by
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prime minister. General Tikka Khan, infamous for his role in the
Bangladesh war, was made the first Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army; Admiral Mohammad Shariff was made the first 4-star admiral, and first Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy, and Air Chief Marshal Zulfikar Ali Khan as first 4-star air force general and Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force. In 1976, Bhutto also created the office of
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in exchange for a consensual approval of the Pakistan Constitution of 1973. But while Bhutto admitted the NWFP and Balochistan to a NAP-JUI coalition, he refused to negotiate with the provincial governments led by chief minister Ataullah Mengal in Quetta and Mufti Mahmud in Peshawar. Tensions erupted and an armed resistance began to take place.
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purposefully isolated feudal leaders such as Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and
Ataullah Mengal from provincial policy. He also militarily put down all civil disobedience movements, effectively leading to unprecedented social stability within the province. Due to martial law, his reign was the longest in the history of Balochistan (1977–1984).
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independence grew. Junejo also signed the Geneva Accord, which Zia greatly disliked. After a large-scale explosion at ammunitions store in Ojhri, Junejo vowed to bring those responsible for the significant damage caused to justice, implicating several times the Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) Director-General Akhtar Abdur Rahman.
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artistic programs and music. Public anxiety about the weakness of
Pakistani education led to large-scale federal support for science education and research by both Bhutto and Sharif. Despite her tough policies, the popularity of Benazir Bhutto waned after her husband allegedly became involved in the controversial death of
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General Rahimuddin Khan as Martial Law Administrator over the Balochistan Province. The provincial military government under the famously authoritarian General Rahimuddin began to act as a separate entity and military regime independent of the central government.
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President Zia-ul-Haq's death. The elections marked the return of the Peoples Party to power. Their leader, Benazir Bhutto, became the first female prime minister of Pakistan as well as the first female head of government in
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President Zia, infuriated, dismissed the Junejo government on several charges in May 1988. He then called for the holding of fresh elections in November. General Zia-ul-Haq never saw the elections materialize however, as he died in a plane crash on August 17, 1988, which was later proven to be highly
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Although major fighting had broken down, ideological schisms caused splinter groups to form and steadily gain momentum. Despite the overthrow of the Bhutto government in 1977 by General Zia-ul-Haque, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, calls for secession and widespread civil disobedience remained.
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protesting for Bengali to receive equal status with Urdu. Several protesters were killed, and the movement gained further support throughout East Pakistan. Later, the Government agreed to provide equal status to Bengali as a state language of Pakistan, a right later codified in the 1956 constitution.
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The 1997 election resulted in conservatives receiving a large majority of the vote and winning enough seats in parliament to change the constitution to eliminate the checks and balances that restrained the prime minister's power. Institutional challenges to authority of the new prime minister, Nawaz
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in Karachi in 1992. Institutional problems arose with president Ishaq, who attempted to dismiss Sharif on the same charges he had used against Benazir Bhutto. Through a Supreme Court judgement Sharif was restored and together with Bhutto ousted Khan from the presidency. Weeks later Sharif was forced
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Province, which at that time was quite lawless and run by tribal justice. The ethnic Balochis saw this as a violation of their territorial rights. Emboldened by the stand taken by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971, the Baloch and Pashtun nationalists had also demanded their "provincial rights" from then
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Bhutto also disbanded the Pakistan Marines, a new service in the navy, after failing to produce any effective results during the conflict. Bhutto sought to re-organize the Military of Pakistan and numerous officers who were responsible for Bengal's autocracies were fired from their services. In July
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inaugural session. However, the capitalization on West-Pakistan, West-Pakistanis feared the East-Pakistani separatism, therefore, Bhutto demanded a coalition government with Mujib. In a meeting, both Mujib and Bhutto agreed upon a coalition government as Bhutto would assumed the Presidency and Mujib
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was initiated and the senior commanders of the military leadership ousted Sharif's government and took over the airport. The flight landed with only a few minutes of fuel to spare. The Military Police seized the Prime Minister's Secretariat and deposed Sharif, Ziauddin Butt and the cabinet staffers
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During the alleged mass killing in Bangladesh (erstwhile East-Pakistan), the military government had refused to take any political and reconciliation initiatives despite the calls were made. The coordination between the armed forces were ineffective and unsupported. The Air Force brutally failed to
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In time, the Baloch nationalist insurgency erupted and sucked the armed forces into the province, pitting the Baloch tribal middle classes against Islamabad. The sporadic fighting between the insurgency and the army started in 1973 with the largest confrontation taking place in September 1974 when
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Surveying the political instability, Bhutto's central government sacked two provincial governments within six months, arrested the two chief ministers, two governors and forty-four MNAs and MPAs, obtained an order from the Supreme Court banning the NAP and charged them all with high treason, to be
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remained loyal to Liaquat Ali Khan. After an 18-month trial conducted in secrecy, Major-General Khan and Faiz Ahmed Faiz were both convicted and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Their defense lawyer was the notable Bengali Muslim politician Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. When Suhrawardy became
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Javed Nasir confesses that despite the U.N. ban on supplying arms to the besieged Bosnians, he successfully airlifted sophisticated antitank guided missiles which turned the tide in favour of Bosnian Muslims and forced the Serbs to lift the siege. Under his leadership the ISI also got involved in
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Under Zia, real defence spending increased on average by 9 percent per annum during 1977–88 while development spending rose 3 percent per annum; by 1987–88 defence spending had overtaken development spending. For the 1980s as a whole, defence spending averaged 6.5 percent of GDP. This contributed
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This allowed General Rahimuddin Khan to act as an absolute martial law administrator, unanswerable to the central government. Both General Zia-ul-Haq and General Rahimuddin Khan supported the declaration of a general amnesty in Balochistan to those willing to give up arms. General Rahimuddin then
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of this important and prestigious office was given to General Muhammad Sharif, who was also promoted to the 4-star rank. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was formed after a careful analysis of the Pakistan Armed Forces, and it is the principal body that maintains coordination between the armed
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with Bhutto as Prime minister of the country. In 1974, Bhutto adopted the recommendation from Hamoodur Rehman Commission, and disbanded the "Commander-in-Chief" title as the head of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Bhutto appointed Chiefs of Staff in the Pakistan Armed Forces, reporting directly to the
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General Zia lifted martial law in 1985, holding party-less elections and handpicking Muhammad Khan Junejo to be the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who in turn rubber-stamped Zia remaining Chief of Army Staff until 1990. Junejo, however gradually fell out with Zia as his political and administrative
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began to take place in Kashmir region in 1947. Both Liaquat and Jinnah were determined to stop the riots and refugee problems and to set up an effective administrative system for the country. Liaquat Ali Khan did the groundbreaking work for the Foreign Policy of Pakistan while taking initiatives
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chairman of the joint chiefs. She oversaw a tough stance to bring political stability, which with her fiery rhetoric earned her the nickname "Iron Lady" from her rivals. Proponents of social democracy and national pride were supported, while the nationalisation and centralisation of the economy
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The Iranian military fearing a spread of the greater Baloch resistance in Iran also aided the Bhutto-sent Pakistan military in brutally putting down the insurrection. After three days of fighting the Baloch tribals were running out of ammunition and so withdrew by 1976. The army had suffered 25
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held talks with the PNA and Islamist leaders. An agreement was eventually reached in June 1977 and Bhutto was to sign it on July 5. However, in spite the enthusiasm of the negotiating team other PNA leaders had reservations about the agreement. On the other hand, Maududi showed to Army that no
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policies while working to prevent any further division of the country. On 2 January 1972, Bhutto announced the nationalization of all major industries, including iron and steel, heavy engineering, heavy electrical engineering, petrochemicals, cement and public utilities. A new labor policy was
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The result was the Pakistan Armed Forces surrender to the liberation forces upon which 93,000 Pakistani soldiers and officers became POWs, the largest since World War II. The official war ended in just under nine months on December 16, 1971, with Pakistan losing its eastern part, which became
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began to advocate the overthrow the government of Bhutto. The religious leaders had always seen Bhutto's policies autocratic and more of secular policies than being under in Islamic system. Maududi began to call for Bhutto's overthrow and end his regime as he grabbed support from Pakistan's
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Throughout the time, the foundations were laid down to develop a military nuclear capability. This includes the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear weapons design, development and testing programme. The fuel cycle program included the uranium exploration, mining, refining, conversion and
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The World, instead of putting pressure on ... not to take the destructive road... imposed all kinds of sanctions on for no fault of her...! If Japan had its own nuclear capability......Hiroshima and Nagasaki would not have suffered atomic destruction at the hands of the... United
1659:. Many public figures and officials suspected Benazir Bhutto's involvement in the murder, although there was no proof. In 1996, seven weeks after this incident, Benazir Bhutto's government was dismissed by her own hand-picked president on charges of Murtaza Bhutto's death.
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and, subsequently, dismissed Pakistan's first constituent assembly in 1954 when it precluded the Governor-General from acting except on the advice of his ministers. The armed forces and courts sided with the Governor-General, undermining the authority of democratic bodies.
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Since 1967, Bhutto had been lobbying for the option of nuclear deterrence on different occasions. Soon after Bhutto came to assume control of Pakistan, he made his move to establish nuclear weapons development. On January 20, 1972, Abdus Salam, after being requested by
359:, as declared three days after Pakistan's independence when he declared that Pakistan would take no sides in the conflict of ideologies between the nations. Khan later tried to visit Soviet Union but the dates for goodwill visit were not materialized by Soviet Union.
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of Pakistan Army, an extreme armed action to curb and liberate the East-Pakistan from the resistance. Faced with popular unrest and revolt in East-Pakistan, the Army and Navy clamped down through violence. The navy and army crackdown and brutalities during the
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Internationally condemned, but extremely popular at home, Sharif took steps to control the economy. Sharif responded fiercely to international criticism and defused the pressure by attacking India for nuclear proliferation and the US for the atomic bombing of
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and the continued extrajudicial killings throughout the later months resulted in further resentment among the East Pakistanis of East Pakistan. With India assisting the Mukti Bahini, war broke out between the separatist supporters in Bangladesh and Pakistan
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that time. In 1967, Bhutto formed People's Party of Pakistan and tapped a wave of anti-Ayub Khan movement in both West and East Pakistan. Demoralized and pressured, Ayub Khan handed over the regime to his junior Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army General
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Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, the supporters of the Afghan Mujahidin in the 1980s and the Taliban in the 1990s, violated the UN embargo and provided Bosnian Muslims with sophisticated antitank guided
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1643:. Benazir Bhutto continued her pressure on India, pushing India on to take defensive positions on its nuclear programme. Bhutto's clandestine initiatives modernised and expanded the atomic bomb programme after initiating
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Pakistan definitely defied the United Nations ban on supply of arms to the Bosnian Muslims and sophisticated anti-tank guided missiles were airlifted by the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, to help Bosnians fight the
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of the Soviet Union from neighbouring Afghanistan. Soon after the evacuation the alliance with the US came to an end when Pakistan's atomic bomb project was revealed to the world, leading to the imposition of
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Strict Islamic law was introduced into the country's legal system by 1978, contributing to current-day sectarianism and religious fundamentalism, as well as instilling a sense of religious purpose within the
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his replacement. Sharif ordered Jinnah International Airport to be sealed to prevent the landing of a PIA flight carrying General Musharraf, which then circled the skies over Karachi for several hours. A
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Under Sharif's leadership, Pakistan became the seventh declared nuclear-weapon state, the first in the Muslim world. The conservative government also adopted environmental policies after establishing the
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continued after the Eighth Five-Year Plan was enacted to end stagflation. Her foreign policy made an effort to balance relations with Iran, the United States, the European Union and the socialist states.
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The government in response to the riots eventually asked the military for help and in response Corp Commander of Lahore General Muhammad Azam Khan enacted the first martial law in parts of the country.
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who refused to obey the orders of Jinnah. General Gracey argued that Jinnah as Governor-General represented the British Crown of which he himself was an appointee. Therefore, he did not send troops to
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by the United States. In 1989, Bhutto ordered a military intervention in Afghanistan, which failed, leading her to dismiss the directors of the intelligence services. With US aid she imposed the
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The socialist economic policies of the previous civilian government, which also included aggressive nationalisation, were gradually reversed; and Pakistan's gross national product rose greatly.
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The Baloch rebellion of the 1970s was the most threatening civil disorder to a United Pakistan since Bangladesh's secession. The Pakistan Armed Forces wanted to establish military garrisons in
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However, both Soviet-Union and United States deescalated the conflict. China provided economic and moral help and even threatened India on its conflicted border issues. Khan along with
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from the posts of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Chief of Army Staff failed after the military leadership refused to accept the appointment of ISI Director Lieutenant-General
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Pakistan fought a war by proxy against the Communists in Afghanistan in the Soviet-Afghan War, greatly contributing to the eventual withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.
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to restore and centralise the national economy. Nonetheless, the economic situation worsened when the state currency lost a currency war with India. The country entered a
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of the country and installed a military government in both East and West-Pakistan. Yahya and his military government promised to hold a general election within 2 years.
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to perform a series of nuclear tests in the remote area of the Chagai Hills. The military forces in the country were mobilised at war-readiness on the Indian border.
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led by Nawaz Sharif to form a government under a democratic system for the first time. Attempting to end stagflation Sharif launched a program of privatisation and
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a Muslim-majority country. This period, lasting until 1999, introduced competitive two-party democracy to the country. It featured a fierce competition between
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1817:"LITERARY NOTES: Why did the Quaid make Urdu Pakistan's state language?"
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strongly to large fiscal deficits and a rapid build-up of public debt.
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towards the formulation of the constitution. He presented the
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and the United States lessening its interests in Pakistan.
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who also refused to obey standing orders given by Jinnah.
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results allowed the right-wing conservative alliance the
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as official language of Pakistan. It sparked protests in
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on 14 August 1947. Pakistan's independence was based on
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2574:. Karachi: Oxford University Press. p. 408.
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1059:. Partially in response, defence expenditure and
1375:sophisticated sabotage by unknown perpetrators.
409:and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Rear Admiral
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1383:1988–1999: Third democratic era (Benazir–Nawaz)
830:and Awami League gaining absolute majority in
717:was told to begin an operation, under codename
2214:. Islamabad, Pakistan: Printwise publication.
2070:. Islamabad, Pakistan: Printwise publication.
2013:. Islamabad, Pakistan: Printwise publication.
1988:. Islamabad, Pakistan: Printwise publication.
1963:. Islamabad, Pakistan: Printwise publication.
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796:in 1969. General Yahya designated himself as
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1683:Sharif, were led by the civilian President
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2422:"Protesters halt Pakistani PM court case"
764:. Khan urged the need of acceleration of
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158:Learn how and when to remove this message
2190:"On the trail of the black market bombs"
1758:Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
1689:Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
1609:airlifted anti-tank weapons and missiles
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1034:Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
2095:. Steerforth Press, 2007. p. 165.
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1575:Benazir Bhutto secured a plurality and
1411:Pakistan and state sponsored terrorism
2038:"Bhutto was father of Pakistani bomb"
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1623:Province, rebel Muslim groups in the
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4676:Securities & Exchange Commission
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2432:from the original on 16 January 2023
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1599:Pakistan's intelligence agency, the
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1296:Third martial law period (1977-1988)
1259:, which became operational by 1998.
698:In 1962, Pakistan had witnessed the
583:adding citations to reliable sources
96:adding citations to reliable sources
2483:"India launches Kashmir air attack"
1467:, in red and grey, with a majority.
275:Post-independence years (1947-1951)
179:
4344:Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)
2919:indicates the incumbent government
2451:Our Staff Reporter (30 May 1998).
1942:Pakistan Constitutional Beginnings
1919:"Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah"
1393:History of Pakistan (1947–present)
1110:. He was appointed as chairman of
520:1953 Pakistani constitutional coup
271:which consisted of feudal lords.
49:History of Pakistan (1947–present)
25:
2543:"Pakistan PM ousted in army coup"
1719:Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
1545:Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA)
1112:Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
280:Liaquat Ali Khan’s administration
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296:Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
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4737:Redundant Islamic economisation
2650:Federal governments of Pakistan
2493:from the original on 4 May 2009
2453:"Politicians hail N-explosions"
2354:. Zenith Imprint. p. 154.
1627:, and some religious groups in
1532:by the conservative president,
1421:First Benazir Bhutto government
1141:Chief Martial Law Administrator
1013:Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
929:Return of democracy (1971-1977)
820:General parliamentary elections
798:Chief Martial Law Administrator
598:"Political history of Pakistan"
381:The same year, Jinnah declared
107:"Political history of Pakistan"
83:needs additional citations for
2914:indicate caretaker governments
2714:Zulfikar (President's Council)
1429:Second Nawaz Sharif government
789:President of the United States
298:, Pakistan’s first parliament.
1:
5353:Political history of Pakistan
1859:"The Objectives Resolution".
1425:First Nawaz Sharif government
1126:. He was credited to be the "
1024:Nuclear deterrent development
969:and also deposed Air Marshal
853:Judge Advocate General Branch
172:political history of Pakistan
18:Political History of Pakistan
2513:"Pakistan army seizes power"
2044:. 2012-03-14. Archived from
1530:her government was dismissed
1313:1977 parliamentary elections
990:Bhutto also disapproved the
212:and inefficient leadership.
196:on 14 August 1947, when the
4536:Water supply and sanitation
2674:Bogra (Ministry of Talents)
2265:. LIT Verlag. p. 195.
2118:Eye To Eye: An Islamic Bomb
1815:Parekh, Rauf (2017-12-25).
1639:as the legitimate ruler of
1601:Inter-Services Intelligence
1484:led by Benazir Bhutto. The
711:Inter-Services Intelligence
490:Communist Party of Pakistan
480:, planned by Major-General
286:Liaquat Ali Khan government
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2311:. Routledge. p. 148.
1944:PAKISTAN - A Country Study
1649:Air-independent propulsion
1474:centre-right conservatives
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1355:Secessionist uprisings in
1317:Pakistan National Alliance
1222:Khan Research Laboratories
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955:Hamoodur Rahman Commission
903:Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
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455:1951 attempted coup d'état
373:, alongside U.S President
371:Prime Minister of Pakistan
348:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
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822:were held in 1970, with
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444:Bengali Language Movement
59:Proposed since June 2024.
1494:fall of global communism
1263:Balochistan civil unrest
1051:, secretly learned that
889:Eastern Military Command
885:Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
826:winning the majority in
766:nuclear energy programme
754:Indian nuclear programme
744:. Months after the war,
533:Pakistani Prime Minister
514:1953 constitutional coup
3484:Second Anglo-Afghan War
3135:Territorial governments
2794:Musharraf (Martial Law)
2240:Encyclopedia Britannica
1745:May 1998, televised at
1645:missile system programs
1549:economic liberalisation
1257:Khushab Reactor Complex
1008:parliamentary democracy
692:1965 Indo-Pakistani war
425:Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
294:Jinnah speaking in the
4717:Military economisation
4322:Enforced disappearance
4105:Provincial governments
3646:Balochistan insurgency
3504:Hindi–Urdu controversy
3494:Third Anglo-Afghan War
3448:First Anglo-Afghan War
3148:Azad Jammu and Kashmir
3102:Provincial governments
2960:Government of Pakistan
2819:Musharraf (Presidency)
2392:"Who are the Taleban?"
2305:Abbas, Hassan (2015).
1753:
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1573:1993 general elections
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1522:Seventh Five-Year Plan
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1482:centre-left socialists
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1443:Pakistan space program
1340:General Zia appointed
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1218:metallurgical engineer
1181:. The test was led by
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736:1970 Pakistan election
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181:پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ
4827:Gender discrimination
4224:Federal Shariat Court
4189:Provincial assemblies
3458:Second Anglo-Sikh War
3360:Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
2588:on 19 September 2013.
2568:Aziz, Sartaj (2009).
2259:Wiebes, Cees (2003).
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1541:1990 general election
1526:period of stagflation
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1419:Further information:
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1214:Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
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894:Operation Searchlight
874:Eastern Naval Command
865:General Khan ordered
844:Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
806:
706:emerging victorious.
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467:Military Intelligence
461:Rawalpindi conspiracy
448:Dhaka Medical College
411:James Wilfred Jefford
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353:Objectives Resolution
306:Muhammad Ali Jinnah,
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293:
5286:World Heritage Sites
5261:Mausolea and shrines
4707:Directive investment
4009:World Heritage Sites
3943:Archaeological sites
3878:Environmental issues
3567:Monarchy of Pakistan
3562:Dominion of Pakistan
3453:First Anglo-Sikh War
2428:. 28 November 1997.
2398:. 2 September 2006.
1697:Chief of Naval Staff
1674:, in green, with an
1503:Benazir Bhutto, 2004
1463:results showing the
1096:Uranium Hexafluoride
730:Tashkent Declaration
579:improve this section
540:Constituent Assembly
476:foiled an attempted
237:Dominion of Pakistan
216:Pre-independence era
92:improve this article
4760:Society and Culture
4686:Trading Corporation
4494:Planning Commission
4083:National government
2519:. 12 October 1999.
2348:Schindler, John R.
2212:Long Road to Chagai
2170:on January 13, 2012
2068:Long Road to Chagai
2011:Long Road to Chagai
1986:Long Road to Chagai
1961:Long Road to Chagai
1923:www.pakistan.gov.pk
1899:peacekeeping.un.org
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1773:Atlantique Incident
1577:formed a government
1571:As a result of the
1415:Culture of Pakistan
1335:Operation Fair Play
1326:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1305:Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
1196:had withdrawn from
1161:Operation Fair Play
1149:Chief of Army Staff
1068:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1041:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
996:socialist economics
940:in the 1971 crisis.
887:, Commander of the
840:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
726:Lal Bahadur Shastri
719:Operation Gibraltar
230:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
206:Indian subcontinent
4514:Telecommunications
4406:Civil Armed Forces
4354:Capital punishment
4172:National Assembly
3587:Liaquat–Nehru Pact
3524:Jinnah's 14 Points
3428:East India Company
3115:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3021:Legislative branch
2699:Ayub (Martial Law)
2549:on 1 November 2005
2143:globalsecurity.org
1767:The next year the
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1672:right-wing parties
1593:Farooq Feroze Khan
1587:of the air force;
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1567:Nawaz Sharif, 1998
1518:economic sanctions
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1451:Operation Blue Fox
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1206:Pressler amendment
1202:economic sanctions
1061:funding of science
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2704:Ayub (Presidency)
1848:978-1-107-03296-5
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1676:exclusive mandate
1591:of the army; and
1534:Ghulam Ishaq Khan
1057:nuclear programme
1004:1973 Constitution
922:Operation Trident
898:Operation Barisal
857:Brigadier-General
848:National Assembly
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1693:Jehangir Karamat
1513:troop evacuation
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1387:This section is
1253:Munir Ahmad Khan
1190:Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad
1169:Munir Ahmad Khan
1133:New Laboratories
1128:technical father
1120:Munir Ahmad Khan
1108:Munir Ahmad Khan
1106:by its Chairman
984:Shimla Agreement
971:Abdul Rahim Khan
916:Operation Python
870:Mohammad Shariff
750:nuclear engineer
746:Munir Ahmad Khan
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