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Politics of Pakistan from 2008 to 2014Submitted To: Eng Kamran Sibtain Submitted By: Hafiz Ahmad Ali (2KX3-EE-166) Khalil ur Rehman(2KX3-EE-164) Ihtisham ukl Haq (2KX3-EE-156) M.Awais Farooq (2KX3-EE-168)

An election is a formal decision-making processby which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century

What is Election

Election Date of 2008

General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. Due to the death of Benazir Bhuttoon December 27, 2007, Rawalpindi

Results

NA PP PS PB KPK

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was nominated by the Pakistan People's Party (P.P.P) with the support of coalition partners. He was sworn in as the Prime Minister on 25th March 2008 and took the oath of office from former President Pervez Musharraf.

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Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was born on 9 June 1952 in Karachi but his family comes from the Punjab. Gilani's father was a descendant of Syed Musa Pak, who was a spiritual leader of the Sufi order. He received his early education at the St. Mary's School and La Salle High School located at Multan. In 1970, he graduated in Bachelor of Arts and earned a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of Punjab.

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His venture into politics began from the platform of Muslim League of Pakistan in 1978, when the martial law of General Zia-ul-Haq's was in term. He also served as cabinet member during the 3 year governance of Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo. Thereafter, he moved from Muslim League and joined Pakistan People's Party in the year 1988. He then served as cabinet minister again during the rule of Benazir Bhutto, as the Minister of Tourism (1989-1990) and Minister of Housing and Works (January 1990 - August 1990).

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As a Prime Minsiter Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was nominated by the Pakistan People's Party (P.P.P) with the support of coalition partners. He was sworn in as the Prime Minister on 25th March 2008 and took the oath of office from former President Pervez Musharraf.

Resignation of President Pervez Musharraf

President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008 after remaining in power for nine years.

1999 to 2008

Acting President in 2008

Muhammad Mian SoomroChairman of the Senate, served as acting President. From (18 August 2008 to 9 September 2008)and he belong to Pakistan Muslim League(Q)

Pakistani presidential election, 2008

An presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan.The Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate , National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies – elected a new President after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf.

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As required by the constitution, Muhammad Mian Soomro (in his position asChairman of the Senate of Pakistan) automatically became acting President on 18 August 2008, upon the resignation of Musharraf. The constitution required that a new President be elected by Parliament within 30 days;

presidential election

Candidate Asif Ali Zardari Saeeduzzaman Mushahid Hussain Siddiqui

Party PPP PML(N) PML(Q)Electoral vote 481 153 44

President of pakistan

Asif Ali Zardari on September 9, 2008 took oath of his office as Pakistan’s 12th head of state at an impressive ceremony held here at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar administered the oath to Asif Ali Zardari under the third schedule of 1973 Constitution.

Problems facing by governament

TerrorismEnergy crisis Youth UnemploymentPovertyInflation

Terrorism

Terrorism in Pakistan has become a major and highly destructive phenomenon in recent years. The annual death toll from terrorist attacks has risen from 164 in 2003 to 3318 in 2009,with a total of 35,000 Pakistanis killed between September 11, 2001 and May 2011. According to the government of Pakistan, the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000–2010 total $68 billion

Energy crisis

Pakistan is facing Energy crisis from last 8 to 10 years.We knows that Energy resources are the backbone of social economic development of any country. It is essential for the production and making of goods and other things like cotton which contributes a lot of revenue in the budget of Pakistan. Energy is essential for running machinery in industrial facilities, industrial devices, lightening the cities and running the system of transport.

Youth Unemployment

Workless people can always be dangerous to a country’s security. Unemployment is one of the major issues confronted by our youth today. Every year many new graduates are added into the labor force but few of them get very good jobs; some others get a reasonable one but many keep on looking for jobs for a long time.

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Recently, the unemployment rate of Pakistan increased to 6.5% and so it can be said that one out of every 10 people of the country are suffering from unemployment. The unemployment rate in urban areas of Pakistan increased by 2% to 10.1%, whereas, the unemployment rate in rural areas increased from 4.3% to 5%.

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Poverty

According to United Nation if a person is being fail to receive $2 in a day or 2300 of calories in 24 hours is known as a poor.Causes of Poverty In Pakistan•Government Bad Policies•Corruption•Inflation•Smuggling •Overpopulation•Unemployment•Lack of education

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Percentage by Population

Balochistan 52%Sindh 33%KPK 32%Punjab 19%

Inflation

Inflation rises to myriads of in last 5 years.The price of everything raised day by day due to which people of society face many critical problems. Because of inflation it became very difficult to fulfill the basic needs.

GDP 2008 -2013

Order of Supreme Court of Pakistan

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday declared Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani ineligible to hold office, The court said that he had been ineligible since April 26. He has been declared ineligible to be prime minister ever since the verdict in the contempt case had been announced.

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf; born 26 December 1950, is a businessman, agriculturist and politician who served as the 17th

Prime Minister of Pakistan from 22 June 2012 until completing his designated term on 16 March 2013.

National Assembly dissolved

As Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf and chief ministers of four provinces agreed to hold elections of the national and provincial assemblies on the same day, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs issued the notification to dissolve the 13th National Assembly on Saturday night It is the first time in Pakistan’s 66 years history that the National Assembly has completed its five-year tenure. From 18 February 2008 to 16th March 2013.

caretaker Prime Minister

The Honorable Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, was the 23rd and caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, from 25 March 2013 to 5 June 2013.He September 30, 1929

Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies ofPunjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Elections were held in all four provinces, the federal capital territory of Islamabad and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Results

Results

PML(N) PPP PTI

Seats won 125 32 30

Popular vote 14,874,104 6,911,218 7,679,954

Percentage 32.77% 15.32% 16.92%

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is the 18th and current Prime Minister of Pakistan in office since June 2013