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<title>
Pakistan--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pakistan
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan</l>
<l> conventional short form: Pakistan</l>
<l> former: West Pakistan</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: PK
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Islamabad
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1
capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal
Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier,
Punjab, Sindh
</p>
<p>note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu
and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas
</p>
<p>Independence: 14 August 1947 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 10 April 1973, suspended 5 July 1977, restored
with amendments, 30 December 1985
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on English common law with provisions to
accommodate Pakistan's stature as an Islamic state; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Pakistan Day, 23 March (1956) (proclamation
of the republic)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders:
</p>
<p> government: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Mian Nawaz
SHARIF; Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Mohammad Akbar Khan BUGTI;
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), Fazl-ur-REHMAN and Sami-ul-HAQ;
Awami National Party (ANP), Khan Abdul WALI KHAN; Jamiat
Ulema-i-Pakistan-Niazi, Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan NIAZI; Pakhtun
Khwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Mahmood Khan ACHAKZAI
</p>
<p> opposition: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Benazir BHUTTO and
Nusrat BHUTTO; Pakistan Muslim League-Chattha (PML-C), Hamid
Nasir CHATTHA; Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Qazi Hussain AHMED;
National People's Party (NPP), Ghulam Mustapha JATOI (formerly
the PNP); Tehrik-i-Istiqlal (TI), Air Marshal (Ret.) Mohammad
ASGHAR KHAN; Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Fiqah-i-Jafaria (TNFJ), Agha Hamid
Ali MUSAVI; Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan-Noorani (JUP-Noorani),
Maulana Shah Ahmed NOORANI; Mohajir Quami Mahaz-Haqiqi (MQM-H),
Afaq AHMED
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: military remains important
political force; ulema (clergy), landowners, industrialists, and
small merchants also influential
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held on 12 December 1988 (next to be held by
NA November 1993); results - Ghulam ISHAQ KHAN was elected by
Parliament and the four provincial assemblies
</p>
<p> Senate: last held March 1991 (next to be held NA March
1994); seats - (87 total) PML 52, Tribal Area Representatives
(nonparty) 8, PPP 5, ANP 5, JWP 4, MQM 3, PNP 2 (name later
chaged to NPP), JI 2, JUP 2, JUI 2, PKMAP 1, independent 1
</p>
<p> National Assembly: last held on 24 October 1990 (next to be
held by October 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA;
seats - (217 total) number of seats by party NA; note -
President GHULAM ISHAQ Khan dismissed the National Assembly on
18 April 1993; it was reestablished, however, on 26 May 1993 by
the Supreme Court, which ruled the dismissal order
unconstitutional
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora)
consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or
National Assembly
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court, Federal Islamic (Shari'at)
Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Ghulam ISHAQ KHAN (since 13
December 1988)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Mian Nawaz SHARIF (since
6 November 1990); note - President GHULAM ISHAQ Khan dismissed
Prime Minister SHARIF on 18 April 1993, but he was reinstated by
the Supreme Court on 26 May 1993
</p>
<p>Member of: AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, G-19, G-24,
G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC,
PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNOSOM,
UNTAC, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: (vacant)</l>
<l> chancery: 2315 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 939-6200</l>
<l> consulate general: New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador John MONJO</l>
<l> embassy: Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5, Islamabad</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 1048, PSC 1212, Box 2000,
Islamabad or APO AE 09812-2000</l>
<l> telephone: [92] (51) 826161 through 79</l>
<l> FAX: [92] (51) 822004</l>
<l> consulates general: Karachi, Lahore</l>
<l> consulate: Peshawar</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role
of religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white
crescent and star are centered in the green field; the crescent,
star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam
</p></body></article></text>