How did Zia’s Islamization lead to sectarian militancy in Pakistan? When General Zia-ul-Haq took over as the Chief Martial Law Administrator on July 5‚ 1977‚ after assuming power and arresting former leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on charges of murder case. Zia delivered a nationwide speech on the first day of hijra and announced Islamic laws would be enforced applies and that serious attention be devoted to establishing the Islamic society for which Pakistan was created . General Zia wanted to
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duplicate links‚ and any links that are not relevant to the context. (March 2013) Pakistani general election‚ 2013 2008 ← on 11 May 2013 [1] → 2018 All 342 seats to the National Assembly 172 seats needed for a majority Leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Nawaz Sharif Imran Khan Party PPP PML (N) PTI Leader since 30 December 2007 16 November 1988 25 April 1996 Leader ’s seat Larkana Lahore Mianwali Last election 121 seats‚ 35.3% 91 seats‚ 26.6% Did not participate Incumbent Prime Minister
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HISTORY OF MILITARY COUP VIOLATING DEMOCRACY Military coup of 1973 - CHILE Salvador Allende (pronounced Ayen-they). He was then the President of Chile‚ a country in South America. Allende was the founder leader of the Socialist Party of Chile. In 1970‚ after being elected the President‚ Allende had taken several policy decisions to help the poor and the workers. These included reform of the educational system‚ free milk for children and redistribution of land to the landless farmers. He was
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Arab Spring & Pakistan The winds of change which arose in Tunisia following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in a small village on December 17‚ 2010‚ and which have since then swept through many countries in the Arab world‚ may finally arrive in Pakistan. The most important aspect of the Arab Spring is “hope”. Hope can‚ in fact be the other name of this movement which has reinvigorated millions of hearts which had experienced nothing but despair for decades – that same dark despair which Pakistanis
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nationalism in return the British Raj would decide to grant local self-rule. On 29 December 1930‚ Sir Muhammad Iqbal called for an autonomous new state in "northwestern India for Indian Muslims".[6] The League rose to popularity in the late 1930s. Muhammad Ali Jinnah espoused the Two Nation Theory and led the League to adopt the Lahore Resolution[7] of 1940‚ demanding the formation of independent states in the East and the West of British India. Eventually‚ a united Pakistan with its wings – West Pakistan
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Festival – finally began on Saturday at Mohenjodaro with a lavish opening ceremony The cultural coup‚ masterminded by Pakistan People’s Party Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari‚ is in the series of celebrations all over the province under the two-week-long Sindh Festival. With the historical stupa in the background‚ Bilawal Bhutto walked up the 80-feet-wide illuminated stage to officially open the festival. Addressing a gathering‚ Bilawal said that the object of organising the festival was to
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of identity and cultural freedom which began with the advent of the student movements of the 60’s‚ turned into a civil war‚ the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Here are the key reasons behind the war: 1. Language controversy: In 1948‚ Mohammad Ali Jinnah‚ Pakistan’s first Governor-General‚ declared in Dhaka that “Urdu and only Urdu" would be the common language for all of Pakistan. This proved highly controversial‚ since Urdu was only spoken in the West by Muhajirs and in the East by
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The idea of Pakistan was conceived in the early 1930’s; Mohammed Ali Jinnah founded the Muslim League‚ in hopes to form a new state for Indian Muslims‚ as they were being persecuted by the majority Hindu’s. Pakistan was founded on 14th August 1947 comprising of East & West Pakistan. Pakistan’s strongest institution was the army‚ and they kept stepping into politics‚ hence the nation experienced several military coups. In the 1970 election Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won majority in the East being a more
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Introduction Pakistan was founded on 14 August‚ 1947 along with India when the two nations achieved independence from the British Colonial Empire. The partition of the sub continent had occurred along ethnic-religious lines with Pakistan created in those adjoining territories that had majority Muslim populations. Thus the country of Pakistan with seventy million people had above 90% Muslim population. On the other hand‚ India had a majority Hindu population but Muslims were also a sizeable second
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Balochistan crisis Situated in the southwest of the country‚ and spread over 347‚190 sq km‚ the province of Balochistan comprises 43% of Pakistan’s territory. In the west it has common borders with Iran and in the northwest with Afghanistan. In the south‚ Balochistan has a long coastline on the Arabian Sea. Greater part of Balochistan is mountainous‚ although there are some plains and desert areas also. The terrain is generally barren and rugged. The land of Balochistan is rich in mineral resources
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