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The Politics of Pakistan (سیاسیاتِ پاکستان ; ISO: Siyāsiyāt-e-Pākistāna) takes place within the framework established by the constitution. The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of autonomy and residuary powers.
Pakistan People's Party: 2008: 12 Mamnoon Hussain (1940–2021) 9 September 2013 9 September 2018 5 years Pakistan Muslim League (N) 2013: 13 Arif Alvi (born 1949) 9 September 2018 10 March 2024 5 years, 183 days Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: 2018 (11) Asif Ali Zardari (born 1955) 10 March 2024 Incumbent 307 days Pakistan People's Party: 2024
The political history of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a ...
List of prime ministers of Pakistan No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Elections Political party (Alliance) Note(s) Government National Assembly Coalition [a] 1: Liaquat Ali Khan. نوابزادہ لیاقت علی خان (1895–1951) 14 August 1947 16 October 1951 X: 4 years, 63 days – Muslim League
The 2022–2024 Pakistan political unrest is series of political crises after the ousting of former prime minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion at 12 p.m., 10 April 2022. [15] The crises began in 2022 when the opposition joined hands and submitted a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan's government in the National Assembly .
The national cabinet, led by the Prime Minister of Pakistan has executive power and the president is the head of state elected by the electoral college. [3] Pakistan's political system is based on an elected form of governance. [4] The democratic elections held in 2008 were the first to conclude a 5-year term in the nation's political history.
The Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان, romanized: hukūmat-e-pākistān) (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, [a] commonly known as the Centre, [b] is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of four provinces and one federal territory.
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.