| Title: | Pakistan: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...On October ##th #### General Pervez Musharraf, then chief of army staff, overthrew thecivilian government led by the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, in a bloodless coup and returned the army to power. General Musharraf presides over an elected parliament and primeminister. Nevertheless, in his capacity as chairman of the National Security Council he has the power to dismiss the prime minister and to suspend parliament and all other governmentinstitutions. The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling in ####, dismissed legal challenges to hisrule. As army chief, General Musharraf also controls the powerful officer corps of the army,Pakistan's most influential institution and his ultimate guarantor of power. In April #### General Musharraf held a referendum (which independent observers claim wasrigged) and secured his election as president for five years until ####. In October ####, in apartial return to democracy, Pakistan held a parliamentary election. The election was marred by allegations of... |
| Word Count: | 18433 |
| Length: | 42 Pages |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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