Second Nawaz Sharif government

Last updated
Second Nawaz Sharif Government
Flag of Pakistan.svg
Cabinet of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif1.jpg
Date formed1997
Date dissolved1999
People and organisations
Head of state Rafiq Tarar
Head of government Nawaz Sharif
Member party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Status in legislature Majority (2/3 Maj.)
Opposition party Pakistan Peoples Party
Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto
History
Predecessor Second Bhutto government

The Second Nawaz Sharif government began on 3 February 1997, when Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and ended without completing its mandated term on 12 October 1999. [1] Sharif, a conservative politician who presided the Pakistan Muslim League from Punjab, took the office following a decisive victory in the primary elections held in 1997 over the Pakistan Peoples Party– a left-leaning political party. [2] The second administration of Sharif ended with the precedence of Musharraf administration in 1999 when the military took over the control of the federal government and imposed martial law for the 4th time in the country’s history.

Contents

Cabinet

Federal Ministers

State Ministers

Reforms and Policies

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lahore High Court</span> Provincial Court House of Punjab, Pakistan

The Lahore High Court is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in three other cities of the province: Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peshawar High Court</span> Provincial high court in Pakistan

The Peshawar High Court is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), one of a handful of reforms paving the way for a merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Pakistan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bilal Khan (judge)</span>

Muhammad Bilal Khan was a Justice in the Lahore High Court in Pakistan.

The family of head of state and government in Pakistan is an unofficial title for the family of the head of state or head of government of a country. In Pakistan, the term First Family usually refers to the head of state or head of government, and their immediate family which comprises their spouse and their descendants. In the wider context, the First Family may comprise the head of state or head of government's parents, siblings and extended relatives.

Events in the year 2013 in Pakistan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pakistan at the 2014 Asian Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Pakistan competed at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea between 19 September and 5 October 2014. It sent 182 athletes to compete in 23 sports. It was defending its title in hockey (men's), squash and cricket (women's) but successfully managed to defend the women's cricket title only.

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. SoP, Story of Pakistan. "Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister". www.storyofpakistan.com. Nazaria-e-Pakistan Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2020.