BENAZIR BHUTTO (1993-

1996)
2ND TERM IN OFFICE

SECTION-3
CHAPTER. NO. 15
HOW EFFECTIVE WERE PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENTS
IN THE FINAL DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY"?
 BENAZIR BHUTTO 1988-1990
(1st term in office)
1993-1996 (2nd term in office)

 1993 ELECTIONS BROUGHT THE RETURN OF BENAZIR

BHUTTO AS PRIME MINISTER
 THE ALLIANCE OF THE OPPOSITION BROKE UP
 PLM (N) WAS ALONE AS THE OPPONENT
 MQM BYCOT THE ELECTIONS
 NOVEMBER 1993, FAROOQ AHMAD KHAN LAGHARI ELECTED
AS NEW PRESIDENT AFTER GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN
 POLICIES :
 AGENDA OF CHANGE
 WOMEN POLICE STATIONS
 WOMEN BANKS
 TRAIN MARCH BY THE NAWAZ SHARIF

 ECONOMIC PROBLEMS:
 30% RUPEE VALUE DECREASED AS COMPARED TO USD
 PAKISTAN GDP GROWTH RATE SLOWED DOWN TO 4%
 END OF HER SECOND TERM IN OFFICE:
 GOVERNMENT HAD DUAL PROBLEMS, FROM THE
OPPOSITION AS WELL AS FROM WITH IN THE FAMILY

 ON 5TH NOVEMBER 1996 PRESIDENT FAROOQ LAGHARI

USED HIS POWERS UNDER THE 8TH AMENDMENT TO
DISMISS MISS BHUTTO GOVERNMENT

 MALIK MAIRAJ KHALID BECAME CARETAKER P.M

 NEXT ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN FEB, 1997

 PML (N) WON WITH HEAVY MAJORITY AND RESUMED

POWER.
NAWAZ SHARIF AS A PRIME
MINISTER (2ND TERM IN OFFICE)
1997-1999

 PASSED THE 13TH AMENDMENT :

 Stripped the President of Pakistan of his
reserve power to dissolve the National
Assembly of Pakistan, and thereby triggering
new elections and dismissing the Prime
Minister.
THE PRSIDENCY NOW BECOME
A CEREMONIAL POSITION

THE ANTI-DEFECTION BILL (14TH

AMENDMENT) WAS PASSED :
Allowed members of parliament
to be dismissed if they defect.
SAJJAD ALI SHAH, THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
PAKISTAN, REPLACED BY AJMAL MIAN

NUCLEAR TESTING OF 28TH MAY 1998

FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT