Q11. What were the important measures took by Benazir Bhutto during her second tenure?

Ans: Important measures

  • During her second tenure as prime minister, Benazir took many steps for the

improvement of the economy.

  • An agreement worth 4.15 billion dollar investment by South Korea was

signed.

  • In the March 1994 another agreement for the manufacturing of tanks and

armoured vehicles in the Heavy Rebuild Factory (Now Heavy Industries

Taxila), was signed by China and Pakistan.

  • As a result of the personal efforts of the Prime Minister the American

Congress passed the Brown Amendment on October 24, 1995, this

amendment relaxed the sanctions which Pakistan was facing.

 

  • In April 1995, Pakistan and America signed 62 memorandums, regarding 6

billion dollar US investment in Pakistan.

  • In January 1995, the prime minister inaugurated the National University of

Science & Technology (NUST), in Rawalpindi. A Police Academy was

instituted in Islamabad.

  •  The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of a port and a naval base on

the coast of Makran.

  •  A 1320 MW coal power generation plant was inaugurated by the Prime

Minister Benazir in January 1995.: