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Government Dismissal

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

3Records
1958–1996Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1958

Feroz Khan Noon7 October 1958

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Martial law ends Feroz Khan Noon's premiership.

1993

Nawaz Sharif18 April 1993

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Sharif challenges the presidential dismissal of his government.

1996

Farooq Ahmad Leghari5 November 1996

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

Leghari dissolves the National Assembly and appoints a caretaker administration.

Names involved

Farooq Ahmad LeghariFeroz Khan NoonNawaz Sharif

Provenance

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