Q(v). When and why the first government of Nawaz Sharif was terminated,

Ans: Dismissal of Nawaz Sharifs Government:

President Ghulam Ishaq Khan charged the government of harassing its

opponents, as well as of gross irregularities in the process of privatization,

dismissed the government on the basis of these allegations, Nawaz Shart

challenged his dismissal in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in

favour of Nawaz Sharif and observed that the dismissal was illegal and

unconstitutional. The government stood restored in principle, but differences

between the president and the prime minister were so grave in nature that

smooth running of the government had become impossible. In these

circumstances chief of the army staff intervened and convinced both the

prime minster and the president to resign.