Q5 Write a note on 2002 election and restoration of democracy. 2002 Election and Restoration of Democracy:

Condition of B.A. (graduation):

Elections were held in October 2002. General Pervez Musharraf took oath

as the President of the country for the next five years in November 2002. For

graduate.

the first time in Pakistan, it was declared mandatory for a candidate to be a

Absolute authority of General Pervez Musharraf:

According to the Legal Framework Order (LFO), General Pervez Musharraf

was given unlimited powers. He could appoint governors, three heads of the

armed forces, Chief Election Commissioner and the Chairman of Federal

Public Service Commission. He could dissolve the assemblies.

LFO as a cause of contention and elections 2008;

LFO became the main cause of dispute between the government and the

opposition. Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, made utmost efforts

for, reconciliation henween the government and the opposition. All the

opposition parties AR.D. published a white paper in 2003 on the price hike,

unemployment, waiving off the loans of favourite people, and failure of

Musharraf govemment on internal and external fronts.

The National Assembly again elected General Pervez Musharraf on 1st Jan

  1. He announced elections in January 2008 with the condition that he

the present assembly.

would be elected as President for the next five years before dissolution of

  • General Pervez Musharraf was re-elected as President for the next five

years. Elections were held in February, 2008. People’s Party and Muslim

League (N) gained the majority in these elections, but Muslim league (Q)

failed miserably. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was elected as Prime Minister of

Pakistan.

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