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...Pakistan's 1973 constitution provided for a federal democratic structure. Still in force before the October 1999 coup launched by General Pervez Musharraf, it had undergone major amendments, often to legitimise the authoritarian actions of successive administrations. The most sweeping changes, announced in March 1985 by the regime of General Zia ul-Haq, formalised the concentration of power in the hands of the president, who assumed the right to dissolve the National Assembly and to appoint the prime minister, the three chiefs of the armed forces, provincial governors and key judicial figures. These provisions remained in place for many years, not least because they allowed the army to impose its will indirectly through the president, thus avoiding the need for a full-blooded military intervention in politics. The government of Nawaz Sharif used its two-thirds majority in parliament in the 1990s to eliminate many of the executive powers of the president, including the power to sack governments....
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| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast
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| Country: | Pakistan
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