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Ans: Dismissal of Benazir Bhutto’s Second Government: The country faced grave economic crisis during the second tenure of Benazir. This government could not complete even this tenure like the first one. Economic crunch and general unrest encouraged the opposition to bring people on road. A successful sit in (dharana) was staged by Jamat-e- Islami in … Read more
Ans: In 1993 general elections, neither of the big political parties was able to secure majority in the National Assembly. The Pakistan People’s Party, however, was able to form a coalition government with the help of small parties. Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time on October 19, 1993 and Sardar … Read more
Ans: National Assembly elections were held on October 24, 1990. Islami Jamhoori Ittihad (IJI) contested elections under the leadership of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. IJI won 105 seats. Pakistan People’s Party was able to secure only 46 seats. Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan in November 1990. Related Questions: Explain the initiatives … Read more
Ans: On the direction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, elections in 1988 were held on party basis. Pakistan Peoples’ Party, under the leadership of Benazir Bhutto, won majority of seats. On December 1, 1988 Benazir Bhutto took oath as the first woman prime minister of Pakistan as well as of the Muslim. Related Questions: … Read more
Afghan jihad had far-reaching consequences for the world in general and for Pakistan in particular: (0) (i) (iii) (iv) (V) (vi) Foundations of the Soviet Communist regime started shaking due to this military defeat and the Soviet Union was finally disintegrated within few years (in 1991). Pakistan emerged as a dignified and honourable country with … Read more
Ans: General Zia-ul-Had’s Era (1977-1988): General elections were held under Bhutto government in March 1977. Opposition parties alleged large scale rigging in the National Assembly elections and boycotted the provincial assembly elections to be held few days later. The alliance of opposition parties started aggressive protest against Bhutto govemment.. The opposition raised the slogan of … Read more
Industrial Policy: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto strongly believed that industrial development is essential for the progress of Pakistan. To achieve this goal, he introduced reforms in different sectors. In January 1972 he issued an ordinance to nationalize 32 factories of the 10 important industries. These included iron, steel and petrochemical industry, an oil refinery, a gas … Read more
Ans: After assuming power Bhutto started working on his agenda of reforms. He himself referred to these initiatives as “People’s Government Reforms”. These initiatives included: 0 (ii) (iii) Related Questions: Who and when did the parliamentary democracy revived? Who was appointed as the first civil martial law administrator of Pakistan? Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the … Read more
Ans: In the elections held in December 1970, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s. Pakistan Peoples’ Party emerged as majority party in West Pakistan. He then took over as president of Pakistan on December 20, 1971. In 1973, Bhutto got a new constitution passed by the National Assembly and revived parliamentary democracy. Related Questions: Who was appointed as … Read more
Ans: After the separation of East Pakistan, General Muhammad Yahya Khan invited Bhutto to form government. Bhutto took over as president and civil martial law administrator of the west of Pakistan on December 20, 1971. No related questions.