Running out of time: politicians bogged down by constitutional crisis

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Conflict in Pakistan between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pres Ghulam Ishaq Khan continues. The dispute between the two leaders' supporters worsened in Apr 1993 when Ishaq Khan tried to dismiss Sharif. A court returned Sharif to power in May. What the country's hitherto neutral military will do remains uncertain. Pakistan's political crisis developed from the constitutional system established by former Pres Zia-ul Haq in the mid-1980s. This system combines a powerful presidency with a parliamentary form of government.

Khan, Ghulam Ishaq

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Fractious factions: ruling coalition shaken by squabbling politicians

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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has gained international respect for helping install the mujahideen leadership in Kabul, Afghanistan. However, he now faces political failure at home with the dissolution of his coalition base. The Islamic Democratic Alliance, Sharif's ruling coalition, lost a potent ally when fundamentalist party Jamaate Islami broke off. Intrigues within Sharif's own political party, the Muslim League, has also further weakened the prime minister's political base.

Political parties

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Squabbling nabobs: constitutional crisis grinds the government to a halt

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A constitutional crisis is paralyzing the government of Pakistan. Supreme Court decisions transferred most of the powers formerly held by president Ghulam Ishaq Khan to the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. However, Sharif has not been able to impose federal rule in the troubled Punjab province and has announced plans to consult the Supreme Court on the issue. The army has remained neutral during the crisis, but military intervention is a possibility if the situation deteriorates.

Cases, Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan. Supreme Court of Pakistan

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