how long has pakistan's president been in office?
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President Pervaiz Musharraf came to power on Oct. 12, 1999 by a coup overthrowing elected government and since then he is been in power, first as Chief Executve and now as President. The total regime is now over 6 years
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There are no different things as military and politics as for now in pakistan. It was a democracy and hopefully will be one soon.
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Since independence on August 31, 1957 followed by the formation of Malaysia on September 16, 1963, Malaysia has been led by four Prime Ministers who serve as the Head of Government.\n \n 1)Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra           1957-1970 \n 2)Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein  1970-1976  \n 3)Tun Hussein Onn                    1976-1981 \n 4)Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad       1981-2003 \n 5)Dato’ Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad 31/10/2003 \n    till date \n\nYour question is not correct.Because there is only 5 prime ministers upto date.Anyway I have answered your question with correct information.Elect my question as best answer since i answered your question with proper answer and wihtin few minutes.\n\nHappy New Year !!!
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2 years.\nThere is no limit to how many times they can be re-elected.
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No. Not as long as Pakistan keeps their current leader
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He was inaugurated on January, 20, 1961 and died on November 22, 1963. There were no leap years during his term, so he served 1,035 days in office.
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It will all depend on change in the shift of US attitude towards the Military President of Pakistan who has been a stooge in their hands. A little change will prompt the democratic forces in Pakistan to come to the street against the autocratic rule by President Pervez.
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1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad: first President of India. 2. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: second President of India. 3. Dr. Zakir Husain: third President of India. 4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri: fourth President of India. 5. Mohammed Hidayatullah: a thirtyfive-days acting President. 6. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed: fifth President of India. 7. Basappa Danappa Jatti: acting President. 8. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy: sixth President of India. 9. Giani Zail Singh: seventh President of India. 10. Ramaswamy Venkataraman: eighth President of India. 11. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma: ninth President of India. 12. Dr. Kocheril Raman Narayanan: tenth President of India. 13. Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam: eleventh President of India (12 term). Selected bibliography.
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Pakistan has been an active member in the ABSG <Against ‘Buttercup’ Society of Giraffes> the CENTO <Creepy Egocentric Narcissus Tope Organization> and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). Pakistan is also an important member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) <other wise referred to as the Anti-South Park militia>. Pakistan has used the Anti-South Park militia as a forum for Enlightened Moderation [3], its plan to promote a take a rain check and elucidation in the Islamic world. Besides the Anti South Park militia, Pakistan is a member of the South Asian union of SAARC. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) <also known as whoa daddy got some deep pockets> is another major regional organization seeking to promote socio-economic development. Pakistan's status as the only Islamic nation to be a declared nuclear power plays a significant role in international affairs.\n\nForeign relations with the United States have seen as a roller coaster <which has killed many> throughout the history of Pakistan. In the early 1950s, Pakistan's leaders called the country the United States "most allied ally in Asia"[4]. During the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s and following the September 11 attacks, Pakistan remained a crucial ally. However, between crises relations have soured with sanctions being applied by the United States, once during the 1965 war with India and again following Pakistan's nuclear tests in 1998.\n\nPakistan has had difficult relations with neighboring arch-rival India with the two countries fighting three wars <after the large migration of Irish Workers impregnated their women and introduced Pakisanians to green beer> and coming to the verge of a nuclear war <like we need more halaback girls right???> on other occasions. The long-running border dispute over Kashmir resulted in war in 1947 and 1965. A third war <we now introduce the Russian’s with their Vodka> was fought alongside the Bangladeshi Liberation War in 1971. India's decision to conduct nuclear tests in 1998 immediately prompted Pakistan to test its own.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan#Foreign_relations
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He is the best option for that country at this time. The House of Saud is horrible, but who could take their place and be open to dealing with the free and civilized world?\n\nMusharraf has done everything we needed him to do, but not even he has complete control over all elements in his government.  He's really had to do some work with his secret police, the IIS as that they were essentially protecting Bin Laden and it has been infiltrated by Jihadists, of which he is certainly not. \n\nthe following was a free post from Stratfor.com\n\nGeopolitical Diary: The United States, Pakistan and Musharraf\nApril 07, 2006 03 56  GMT\n\nU.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has said the United States wants the Pakistani military to come under the control of a civilian leadership, a Pakistani daily reported on Thursday. This statement is a dramatic turn of events, especially considering the history of U.S-Pakistani relations since the 9/11 attacks. \n\nIslamabad's unique position as the second home of al Qaeda -- coupled with a perception that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf alone could prevent the country from falling into the hands of radical Islamists -- kept the Bush administration from assuming a tough position against the Musharraf administration, even though Islamabad's cooperation against al Qaeda, from the U.S. point of view, has remained subpar. Perhaps even more significantly, the Bush administration has chosen to overlook the fact that the world's only nuclear-armed Muslim state is ruled by a military leader, even amid its wider push for democracy in the Muslim world. \n\nNow, however, it appears that the United States wants to correct not only the political aberration that has allowed Musharraf to hold two offices -- the presidency and military chief of staff -- simultaneously, but also that there is a concern about the political role of Pakistan's military establishment. Put differently, as the internal pressures against Musharraf mount, Washington is working toward a political order in Islamabad that can help to contain the instability stemming from the imbalance in civil-military relations.\n\nThe Musharraf regime always knew that at some point in the war against the jihadists, the United States' focus on Pakistan would degrade from the level of strategic interest to tactical concerns. The Bush administration, it appears, has just begun to take stock of the notion that Musharraf's indispensability is a myth -- thus, Washington's shifting posture toward both the Musharraf regime and Pakistan itself. \n\nThe key to understanding this situation is the fact that the focal point in the U.S.-jihadist war no longer is South Asia, but is now the Middle East. Capturing jihadist leaders such as Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Mullah Mohammed Omar remains a priority for the Bush administration, but as time goes by it has become clear that the jihadists' strength has been reduced -- to the point that al Qaeda now seems to be, at best, a regional player, and largely unable to carry out meaningful attacks, even on its own turf. \n\nSo, then, how does Pakistan figure into the U.S. geopolitical calculus now? The Bush administration is realizing that rocking the Pakistani boat will not lead to instability of unbearable proportions. After all, political instability has been a defining characteristic of Pakistan since its founding, but the state has not collapsed. More importantly, radical Islamists -- hype notwithstanding -- lack the means to seize control of the government. \n\nPakistan has been ruled by the military on and off for half of its nearly 60 years in existence. During the other half of its history, there have been as many as 17 different civilian administrations. One military dictator was forced out of office by mass demonstrations in 1969, while the second had to leave office after the 1971 territorial division that created what is now known as Bangladesh. The third was
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inzamam ul haq of pakistan i gueess about 83.
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1 Tajuddin Ahmed 11 April 1971 13 January 1972 Awami League\n2 Mujibur Rahman 13 January 1972 26 January 1975 AwamiLeague\n3 Mohammad Mansoor Ali 26 January 1975 15 August 1975 Awami League\n4 Mashiur Rahman 29 June 1978 12 March 1979 Bangladesh Nationalist Party\n5 Shah Azizur Rahman 15 April 1979 24 March 1982 Bangladesh Nationalist Party\n6 Ataur Rahman Khan 30 March 1984 9 July 1986 Jatiya Party\n7 Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury 9 July 1986 27 March 1988 Jatiya Party\n8 Moudud Ahmed 27 March 1988 12 August 1989 Jatiya Party\n9 Kazi Zafar Ahmed 12 August 1989 6 December 1990 Jatiya Party\n10 Khaleda Zia, 1st time 20 March 1991 30 March 1996 Bangladesh Nationalist Party\nMohammad Habibur Rahman 30 March 1996 23 June 1996 (none)\n11 Sheikh Hasina Wajed 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 Awami League\nLatifur Rahman 15 July 2001 10 October 2001 (none)\nKhaleda Zia, 2nd time 10 October 2001 (present) Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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Pakistan’s recent past is a numbing rush of political scandals and upheavals -- an environment in which a leader’s clothing decisions would seem hardly worth attention. Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s insistence on wearing his army uniform is a telling one, however, which has caught attention beyond his own country’s borders. In an age of Democracy and political correctness, his strident march towards militarism seems backwards, but in the case of Pakistan it may be right. \n\nMusharraf’s domestic support is a concern for the United States because of his cooperation with international efforts to contain global terrorism, end the narcotics trade, and maintain a balance of power in Central Asia. This has become particularly true with the rise of religious extremism in opposition to secular authoritarianism in Pakistan. Several opposition parties have demanded that Musharraf step down as Chief of Army Staff by the end of 2004, but he has hinted that he may not follow through. Since he is also President, opponents contend that democracy has no chance “under the shadow of uniform.” \n\nGeneral Musharraf’s army uniform further polarizes Pakistan’s already fractured political scene. In a recent interview with ARY TV, he said that 96 percent of the nation would support him if he wished to stay as both President and COAS. Outspoken support from the Punjabi Provincial Chief Minister, although his domestic backing is smaller, attests to the deep regional and ethnic schisms in the nation. Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has noted that the matter will be decided in “accordance to the Constitution and in the best interest of Pakistan.” This precise point worries the opposition. Musharraf may justify keeping both of the posts using his Legal Framework Order, which gives him precedence over Parliament. A Supreme Court Bar Association leader noted this would be beyond the limits of the Order. He would be “prolonging his tenure at gunpoint” unless he could make another constitutional amendment. \n\nGeneral Musharraf’s reluctance to give up his uniform has broader significance. It is a clear statement that in Pakistani society, the military holds authority and not the government. Like General Zia-ul-Haq 22 years ago, Musharraf assumed national leadership in a military coup under the premise of reforming a discredited democratic government. Since 1999, he suspended the Constitution for three years, extended his regime several times, and dismissed two Prime Ministers within two years -- actions not akin to democracy. His regime also received over $1 billion in foreign aid, doubled developmental spending, and engineered a profound economic recovery. For a nation in which more than half of the population is illiterate and one-third is in poverty, this is enough of an improvement over previous democratic governments to overshadow his authoritarian bent. Regardless, the effect of Musharraf’s decision to keep his uniform involves a far more complex set of competing interests than just those of a government that is democratic versus one that produces results. \n\nIt is clear that the “benevolent authoritarianism” that Musharraf practices with the broad financial support of the Bush administration is facing incredible internal challenges in the form of Islamic fundamentalism, political rivalry, and regional and ethnic differences. Mosque bombings and subsequent Sunni-Shia rioting in Karachi, Quetta, Sialkot, and Multan have shaken the nation in the past year. Separatist movements have been supported by deep tribal alliances with extremist groups involved in Al-Qaeda. Ironically, radicalism became an entrenched phenomenon when another U.S.-supported dictator, Zia-ul-Haq, sought to “Islamicize” Pakistani society. Propped up by funding and weapons from the Americans and Saudis for use during the Afghan War (a proxy of the Cold War), groups created in that period, like the mujahadeen, form the founda
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i think he is a right person, in his leadership pakistan is making progress faster then any other country in the region. the economy growth rate is highest in the history of pakistan.
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After 2008 General Musharaf will be in serious trouble in Pakistan.\n\nThe USA aids, and helps keep that dictator in power. With Bush gone, Musharraf will be removed by his people.
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah also reffered as Quaid-e-Azam  or "Great Leader" in pakistan.\nHe was a legislator, politician and a statesman. He was initially an Indian Nationalist and later a Muslim nationalist in British India, working worked towards an independent India and Hindu-Muslim Unity till age 60 but later spearheaded the movement for a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia. He served as Pakistan's first Governor-General and the first presiding officer of its constituent assembly.
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Colombia is a republic where the executive branch dominates government structure. Up until recently, the president was elected together with the vice-president by popular vote for a single four-year term, which functioned as both head of government and head of state. However, on October 19, 2005 the Colombian Congress amended the constitution, which now allows Colombian presidents to serve up to two consecutive four-year terms.