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Dismissal

Pakistan · Government / Government of Pakistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1953–1996Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1953

Khwaja Nazimuddin17 April 1953

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismisses Prime Minister Nazimuddin.

1988

Muhammad Khan Junejo29 May 1988

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

President Zia dismisses Prime Minister Junejo and his cabinet.

1990

Benazir Bhutto6 August 1990

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto's first government is dismissed under presidential dissolution powers.

1993

Nawaz Sharif18 April 1993

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif and appoints a caretaker government.

1996

Benazir Bhutto5 November 1996

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto leaves office after President Leghari dismisses her cabinet.

Names involved

Benazir BhuttoKhwaja NazimuddinMuhammad Khan JunejoNawaz Sharif

Provenance

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