Pakistan(1999-2016)

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CONTANTS1. GEN.PARVEZ MUSHARRAF 2. 9/113. Referendum 20024. General Elections 20025. Prime Minister [2002]6. Prime Minister [2004]7. 2005 an earthquake8. Lal Masjid Operation9. Major Achievements of Musharraf 10. 2007: Year of Change11. Death of Benazir

CONTANTS12. 2008 Elections13. Asif Ali Zardari14. Yousuf Raza Gilani15. 2009 long march16. Osama bin Laden17. Raja Pervez Ashraf18. 2013 Election 19. Mamnoon Hussain20. Nawaz Sharif21. Attack on Army Public School in Peshawar 201422. Azadi March (DHARNA)23. current affairs of Pakistan

GEN.PARVEZ MUSHARRAF (1999-2008)

Musharraf’s Takeover: (Martial Law)12 October 1999 was the darkest day for the democracy of Pakistan. Musharraf took the charge of the country by enforcing Martial Law and ruled out the democracy. Imposing Martial Law is treason and violation of Article 6 of 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. This was all due to the hide and seek between that times Government and Army. Nawaz Sharif wanted to remove General Musharraf from the post of Chief of Army Staff and he tried to do this on that day. When Musharraf came to know all about, he was in Sri Lanka on official tour. Acting immediately, General Musharraf dashed for the Karachi-bound Pakistan International Airlines PK805 flight from Colombo. His Plane did not allow to land at the airport, his plane circling the Karachi Airport almost 200 minutes. . General Musharraf has since said that the plane had only seven minutes of fuel remaining. At 22:30 the news came, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had been dismissed and Martial Law had been imposed and the National Assembly and Senate had been dissolved.

September Eleven 9/11 and Its Aftermath [2001] 

On September 11, 2001, with the collapse of the World Trade Center started what the U.S. called "the war against terrorism". U.S. President George Bush termed it an act of terrorism and ssssthreatened strong action against the people who had carried out the attack. It was the Taliban and the Saudi millionaire-turned-militant Osama bin Laden who were eventually held responsible for it. General Musharraf made efforts to persuade the country's political and religious leadership to support an alliance with the United States but was partially successful in his efforts. Liberal-minded politicians agreed to fully back the government while leaders of some hard-line Islamic parties were not happy.

Referendum 2002The referendum took place on April 30, 2002, with no competition and no option but to vote for General Musharraf. The referendum question put forward to the people was: "For the survival of the local government system, establishment of democracy, continuity of reforms, end to sectarianism and extremism, and to fulfill the vision of Quaid-i-Azam, would you like to elect President General Pervez Musharraf as President of Pakistan for five years?“

General Elections 2002After three years of military rule, Pakistan again headed towards democracy on October 10, 2002. More than 70 parties, big and small, contested the eighth national parliamentary electionThese elections were different from the previous ones due to the number of legislation passed by the Government. Convicted people were barred from taking part in elections under the Representation of the People's Act. Several other politicians were unable to contest the elections, as they did not have a Bachelor's Degree, which was a mandatory qualification in the elections

And for the first time since 1977, the minority communities that included Christians, Hindus and Parsees contested and voted for all general seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies.The age limit of voting in these elections was also lowered from 21 to 18 years.

Zafarullah Khan Jamali Becomes Prime Minister [2002]

Zafarullah Khan Jamali was elected the 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan by the newly elected Parliament on November 21, 200

ShaukatAziz Becomes Prime Minister [2004]

In July 2004 Pakistan's Prime Minister choose Shaukat Aziz survived a suicide attack aimed at him by al Qaida militants. Aziz would go on to win two by-elections in August paving the way to his assumption of the role of Prime Minister. Aziz had been Musharraf's Minister of Finance, and his assumption of the role of Prime Minister was aimed at attempting to focus energy on Pakistan's troubled economy.

October 2005 an earthquake in Pakistan

In October 2005 an earthquake in Pakistan killed over 100,000 people in the country's north. It provided a brief respite for the under attack organization of Pervez Musharraf as various political entities hooped together to tackle the civilized implications of the disaster.

Lal Masjid Operation• The operation held in July 2007• Operation was between Islamic fundamentalist militants and

government.

Major Achievements of Musharraf 1. Nine world class engineering universities were developed. The cost of building

these Universities was over Rs 96.5 billion.

2. In 1999-2000 there were 31 Public Universities. In 2005-2006 there were 49 Public Universities. Air University (established 2002); Institute of Space Technology, IST (established 2002); University of Science & Technology, Bannu (established 2005); University of Hazara (founded 2002); University of Gujrat (established 2004); Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore (established 2002); etc.

3. Literacy rate in Pakistan had increased from 45% (in 2002) to 53% (in 2005). Education was received 4% of GDP and English had been introduced as a compulsory subject from grade 1.4. In total, 99,319 educational institutions increased in Musharraf’s era.

5. There were more than 5,000 Pakistanis doing PhDs in foreign countries on scholarship in Musharraf’s era. 300 Pakistanis receive PhD degrees every year, in 1999, the number was just 20.

Major Achievements of Musharraf 6. Major Industrial estates were being developed under Musharraf’s vision: M3 industrial, Sundar industrial estate, Chakri industrial, etc.7. In 1999 what we earned as GDP: we used to give away 64.1% as foreign debt and liabilities. In 2006, what we earned as GDP: we gave only 28.3% as foreign debt and liabilities. We were saving 35% of our GDP for economic growth at that time.

8. According to an IMF report, Pakistan was 3rd in banking profitability in the world. On the IMF chart, Pakistan’s banking profitability was on third position after Colombia and Venezuela. On the same IMF chart, India was on the 36th position and China was on the 40th position.

2007: Year of Change• The year 2007 brought a huge political crisis

to Pakistan. Rooted in President Musharraf's initial idea of stepping down in 2007 and his following plans to stand in the long proposed 2007 elections, political crisis rapidly built up.

• Perhaps the most serious stirring incident came on 9 March 2007, when Musharraf suspended Iftikhar Chaudhry, Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court, who had largely been expected to rule that it would be illegal for Musharraf to stand in the upcoming elections.

Death of BenazirEconomy effects on Pakistan:Following a three-day shut-down, • The KSE100 index, of the Karachi Stock Exchange fall 4.7%. • The Pakistani rupee fell to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar since

October 2001• The stock exchange has a history of recovering after political unrest .• The pakistan Railways suffered losses of PKR 12.3 billion as a direct result

of riots following the assassination. 63 railway stations, 149 bogies, and 29 locomotives were damaged within two days of Bhutto's death.

• In the first four days after the assassination, Karachi suffered losses of US$1 billion. By the fifth day, the cost of country wide violence amounted to 8% of the GDP

2008 Elections

• On 06 September 2008Asif Ali Zardari won an estimated 482 of the 702 votes from lawmakers to become what some believe will be Pakistan's most powerful civilian leader.

• . Asif Ali Zardari won the majority of votes in three of the country's four provincial assemblies as well as in both houses of parliament. Zardari's win capped a remarkable political revival for a man who spent 11 years in prison on corruption and murder charges - without ever being convicted.

Asif Ali Zardari11th president of pakistanOn 09 September 2008Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was confirmed in as Pakistan's new president. After his launch Tuesday, President Zardari told reporters he is accepting the position in the name of his late wife and, in his words, "in the name of all martyrs of democracy." President Zardari replaced Pervez Musharraf who stepped down under pressure a month earlier

Yousuf Raza Gilani

16th Prime MinisterPakistan’s under pressure prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, made a rare appearance before the country's supreme court 19 January 2012, amid increased tensions between his government and the country’s violently independent judiciary.

2009 LONG MARCH In March, 2009, lawyers and opposition political parties under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, who was re-elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan later in 2013, undertook a long march from Karachi to Islamabad to demand the reinstatement of a Supreme Court Chief Justice and other judges ousted from office by former President Pervez Musharraf. The long march was successful and the reinstatement of the judges was announced by the then-Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on TV.

Osama bin LadenOn May 2nd 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed in a million-dollar compound in the resort of Abbottabad, 60 km north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad.

On the same day Osama bin Laden was buried at sea according to senior US administration officials who said Islamic practice calls for burial within 24 hours.

They also said it would have been too hard to find a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist, and wanted to avoid creating a pilgrimage site.

Raja Pervez Ashraf

17th prime Minister Parliament voted crushingly in favor of former water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who had been hit with corruption claims and was partly blamed for the country's electricity crisis

2013 Election

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Mamnoon Hussain

12th president of Pakistanhe is a relatively lesser known figure,described as loyal to Nawaz Sharif,and was elected as President of Pakistan as the official nominee of the PML-N in the July 2013 presidential election. Hussain secured 432 votes and his only rival Wajihuddin Ahmed received 77.

Nawaz Sharif

18 prime minister of Pakistan On 7 June 2013, Nawaz Sharif was sworn in for an unprecedented third term after the resounding election victory of the PML-N. After being sworn in, he faced numerous challenges, including bringing an end to US drone strikes and Taliban attacks while also tackling a crippled economy.

Attack on Army Public School in Peshawar 2014

On 16 December 2014, seven Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Movement of the Pakistani Taliban, TTP) militants attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar . At least 132 students & teachers , including women and children, have been killed, and another 84 people have been injured in the attack.

Azadi March (DHARNA)The Azadi March Pakistan began on 14 August 2014 to 17 December 2014. Organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party against Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif, over the claims of systematic rigging by PML-N in the 2013 general election. Party leader Imran Khan announced plans for a protest march travelling from Lahore to Islamabad in August with a throng of protesters in a PTI jalsa.

After huge drama PTI calls of DHARNA after

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current affairs of Pakistan

1. Law and Order situation in Pakistan2. Supremacy of the Constitution3. Stable democratic government4. Energy problem5. National Action Plan6. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

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