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DailyO
April 15, 2018
On August 6, 1990, President Ghulam Ishaq Khan invoking Article 58(2)b dismissed Benazir Bhutto's first government. The allegation: corruption. On November 6, 1990, Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan. On April 17,1993, President Ghulam Ishaq Khan invoking Article 58(2)b dismissedÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 15, 2018
And it was on April 19, 2010 that the-then Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari had voluntarily signed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, ... The first time the month of April had brought misery for Nawaz Sharif was in 1993 when the-then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had dissolved the NationalÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 12, 2018
... madechairman of the south Punjab province movement, is prohibited from using the title of the former caretaker prime minister as per the 1993 judgment of the Supreme Court that had restored the Nawaz Sharif government and the National Assembly dissolved by the then President, Ghulam Ishaq Khan,Ãâà...
The Express Tribune
April 5, 2018
All one requires is to recall the Asghar Khan case in which it emerged that an election cell was set up in the presidency right under the nose of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Dirty money was doled out to oil the election machine in order to ensure the IJI's success. Our recent past offers another glaringÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 2, 2018
Accusations that she was planning a coup and had hatched a plot to murder the pro-West President Petro Poroshenko. ... Another one of the same kind was Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who, according to official tales of glory told at that time, was famous for being the most trusted patriot the country had producedÃâà...
The Nation
April 1, 2018
KARACHI - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter vowing to continue party campaign against the K-Electric`s overbilling, corruption and loadshedding on Saturday, announced holding protest demonstrations on April 6th at 50 key points of city. JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced whileÃâà...
Daily Times
March 31, 2018
The meeting was attended by Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar, Ch. Khadim Hussain, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Rana Umer Nazir Khan, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, Abdul Majid Khan Khanankhail, Sheikh ... Meanwhile, President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned the session of the National Assembly on April 10.
Pakistan Today
March 26, 2018
Cut to the post-Bangladesh Pakistan where Bhutto was at the helm (first as president and later as the prime minister), and he was again the standard-bearer of anti-establishment politics. It was, of course, time for the religious parties and all those in opposition to play the role of the establishment's favourite.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 24, 2018
When then-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in his second term, developed differences with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, he sent the head of his inspection team, Lt Gen Shafiqur Rehman, to probe media reports about unlawful activities of Sindh Chief Minister Jam Sadiq Ali, Ghulam Ishaq's son-in-lawÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 23, 2018
In the US, the president, who is the chief executive, can either be impeached by Congress or defeated in an election. ... the first serious jolt when Benazir Bhutto made a common cause with the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK), an archetype establishmentarian, in forcing the popularly-elected SharifÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 12, 2018
Former Pakistani President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had served as Senate chief from March 21,1985 to December 12, 1988, Mohammed Mian Soomro had called ... It is imperative to note that the Chairman of the Senate is the second in the line of succession to the President of Pakistan, ahead of the SpeakerÃâà...
Daily Times
March 7, 2018
... among Pakistani politicians including many of those belonging to the PMLN and Jamat-i-Islami in 1990 'on the instructions of the then army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and late President Ghulam Ishaq Khan'. Indeed, the entire electoral history of Pakistan is marred by money playing a very important role.
Pakistan Observer
March 5, 2018
In 1988 the then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan waited until Nawaz had formed the Punjab government before inviting Benazir Bhutto, the leader of the majority Party in the National Assembly to form the government at the center. The establishment had rightly feared that if the PPP formed the government atÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 22, 2018
When the self-appointed field marshal and president, General Ayub Khan, massively rigged the presidential election in 1965 against Fatima Jinnah, with the help of his guns, the gavel didn't ... Then Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the paragon of bureaucracy in Pakistan, played havoc with democracy in the country.
Pakistan Today
February 14, 2018
He also extended well wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the prime minister, the leadership of the Communist Party of China as well as the Chinese ... Muhammad Ishaq Khan, paternal uncle of Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan and paternal grandfather of Kasur District CouncilÃâà...
Daily Times
February 13, 2018
A certified change manager and Six Sigma professional, Saeed joins VentureDive as vice president Professional Services. After successfully graduating as a Computer Systems Engineer from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Saeed spent close to two decades within the fields of business and technicalÃâà...
The News International
February 5, 2018
ISLAMABAD: When Mushahid Hussain made his debut in politics in 1993 by joining the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif had been ousted by the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, using his discretionary powers to dismiss the prime minister and the National Assembly. At the timeÃâà...
The Nation
January 10, 2018
PESHAWAR - The grandson of former president Ghulam Ishaq Khan , Taimur Khan Jhagra, has announced to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He also pledged to start political career after leaving his professional job with a lucrative role as partner at global consulting powerhouse in McKinsey andÃâà...
Quartz
July 28, 2017
On his first attempt, he was pushed out of power in 1993 by the country's powerful military after running afoul of then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan. On his second attempt, Sharif was ousted in 1999 in a bloodless military coup orchestrated by General Pervez Musharraf who went on to rule the country forÃâà...
Daily Times
July 20, 2017
'I will not resign. I will not dissolve parliament and I will not take dictations from anybody', thundered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing the nation on TV and on radio in April, 1993. He also accused President Ghulam Ishaq Khan of hatching conspiracies against him and dared him to 'test meÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
July 17, 2017
But the scenario is different this time, in 1993, the clash was between Nawaz and the then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan which ultimately led to Nawaz's ouster. Now, the premier has to contest corruption allegations in the court of law, with his children facing serious allegations. Thousands wanted toÃâà...
DAWN.com
January 14, 2017
Monday, August 6, 1990 was a morning like any other except for those in the Prime Minister's House. Pakistan Television had broken news that after just 20 months in power, Benazir Bhutto and her government had been dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Article 58-2(b) had been invoked and theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
Worst happened in his last tenure as unlike in the last two terms when he and his governments were removed under Article 58-2(B), by the then president, late Ghulam Ishaq Khan, but, this time, chances of his returned almost, 'sealed'. Disqualified PM, who could face long prison in case found guilty in NABÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
When President Ghulam Ishaq Khan had dismissed the second Nawaz Sharif government on April 18, 1993 using his discretionary powers under the eighth amendment, Mazari was installed as the caretaker premier. But he had to go after the Supreme Court had restored the government as well as theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
He was addressing the certificate-awarding ceremony after inaugurating the Huawei Authorised Information and Network Academy (HAINA) at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology here on Tuesday. Shamsul Mulk, president of Society for the Promotion of EngineeringÃâà...
DunyaNews Pakistan (blog)
December 31, 1999
Article 58(2)(b) gave the president powers to remove PM and dissolve assembly which was later used by its creator Gen. Zia to remove his hand-picked PM Mohammad Khan Junejo from office. Ghlam Ishaq Khan, who replaced Gen Zia, used this article of the constitution to dismiss both Benazir Bhutto andÃâà...
