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Pakistan was born as an explicitly Muslim state, and the wrestling between its secular and Islamic natures has never been as pronounced as it has in recent years. The country’s other troubling traditions are the military’s role as the arbiter of power & mash there have been four coups in its 60 years of independence & mash rampant corruption and waves of economic and political unrest. Upon its creation, Pakistan consisted of two separate wings flanking northern India; in 1971, the country’s eastern portion broke away to become Bangladesh.In recent years the areas of disagreement between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, a divided state claimed by both countries appear to have narrowed, but it remains the main point of friction between them. Kashmir was at the heart of two of three wars they have fought since 1947. Both sides reject independence for Kashmir and the long dispute continues to fester. Pakistan became a nuclear power in 1998, in response to nuclear tests conducted by India.The current ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, took power in a bloodless coup in 1999, becoming both president and army chief of staff. Of the three previous military leaders, one died in a mysterious plane crash and the others were forced out by fellow officers. His tenure has been dominated by the aftermath of the Sept. 11th attacks. Pakistan’s intelligence services and portions of the military had been backers of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. After 9/11, the United States demanded that Pakistan turn against the Taliban and al Qaeda. Mr. Musharraf acquiesced, and since then has been walking a tightrope between satisfying the Bush administration without inflaming Islamic groups that strongly support al Qaeda. One sign of the resulting tension has been the string of assassination attempts against Mr. Musharraf. Another is the fact the mountains of western Pakistan have become a haven for Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, has complained repeatedly about Pakistan’s failure to act against the Taliban.In the summer of 2007, Mr. Musharraf faced two other, unexpected challenges to his authority: widespread and sometimes violent demonstrations against his decision to force out the chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, and a hardcore Islamic group centered on the Red Mosque in Islamabad that sought to impose Taliban-style restrictions on the life of the capital. After a week-long standoff, government soldiers stormed the mosque, killing at least 60 people in 36 hours of heavy fighting.The turmoil continued into the fall, as the man Mr. Musharraf had deposed, Nawaz Sharif, returned to run against the general in the presidential elections but was promptly deported. Another former leader, Benazir Bhutto, also returned from exile, but as part of a deal with Mr. Musharraf. Her homecoming was marred by giant car bombs that killed over 140 of her supporters. And still looming over Mr. Musharraf’s head was the question of whether the Supreme Court would rule him ineligible for reelection.On Nov. 3, fearing that the court was about to do just that, Mr. Musharraf declared a state of emergency that amounted to the imposition of martial law. Hundreds of political opponents were arrested and a majority of the Supreme Court was forced to resign.

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The Muslim League formed Pakistan’s first government under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan. The Muslim League’s leadership of Pakistani politics reduced significantly with the rise of other political parties, with the Pakistan People’s Party in West Pakistan, and the Awami League in East Pakistan, which would ultimately lead to the creation of Bangladesh.The first Constitution of Pakistan was adopted in 1956, but was suspended in 1958 by Ayub Khan. The Constitution of 1973, suspended in 1977 by Zia-ul-Haq, was re-instated in 1991 and is the country’s most important document, laying the foundations of government.

Pakistan is a federal republic with Islam as the state religion. The semi-presidential system includes a bicameral legislature consisting of a 100-member Senate and a 342-member National Assembly. The President is the Head of State and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and is elected by an electoral college. The prime minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the National Assembly. Each province has a similar system of government with a directly elected Provincial Assembly in which the leader of the largest party or alliance becomes Chief Minister. Provincial Governors are selected by the Provincial Assemblies on the advice of the Chief Minister.

The Pakistani military has played an influential role in mainstream politics throughout Pakistan’s history, with military presidents ruling from 1958–71, 1977–88 and from 1999 onwards. The leftist Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, emerged as a major political player during the 1970s. Under the military rule of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan began a marked shift from the British-era secular politics and policies, to the adoption of Shariat and other laws based on Islam. During the 1980s, the anti-feudal, pro-Muhajir Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was started by unorthodox and educated urban dwellers of Sindh and particularly Karachi. The 1990s were characterized by coalition politics dominated by the PPP and a rejuvenated Muslim League.

In the October 2002 general elections, the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) won a plurality of National Assembly seats with the second-largest group being the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), a sub-party of the PPP. Zafarullah Khan Jamali of PML-Q emerged as Prime Minister but resigned on 26 June 2004 and was replaced by PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as interim Prime Minister. On 28 August 2004 the National Assembly voted 191 to 151 to elect the Finance Minister and former Citybank Vice President Shaukat Aziz as Prime Minister. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a coalition of Islamic religious parties, won elections in North-West Frontier Province, and increased their representation in the National Assembly.

President Pervez Musharraf (right) with U.S. President Bush (left)Pakistan is an active member of the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the latter of which Pakistan has used as a forum for Enlightened Moderation,[17] a plan to promote a renaissance and enlightenment in the Muslim world. Pakistan is also a member of the major regional organisations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO). In the past, Pakistan has had mixed relations with the United States especially in the early 1950s when Pakistan was the United States’ “most allied ally in Asia”[18] and a member of both the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO). During the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s Pakistan was a crucial US ally, but relations soured in the 1990s, when sanctions were applied by the US over suspicions of Pakistan’s nuclear activities. The September 11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terrorism have seen an improvement in US–Pakistan ties, especially after Pakistan ended its support of the Taliban regime in Kabul. In January 2004, founder of Pakistani nuclear program A. Q. Khan confessed of nuclear proliferation to Libya, Iran and North Korea. On 5 February 2004, the president Pervez Musharraf, announced that he had pardoned A. Q. Khan.

Pakistan has long had troubled relations with neighbouring India. The long-running dispute over Kashmir resulted in full fledged wars in 1947 and 1965. Civil war in 1971 flared into the simultaneous Bangladeshi Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Pakistan conducted nuclear weapon tests in 1998 to counterbalance India’s nuclear tests and became the only Muslim nuclear weapons state. The relations with India are steadily improving following peace initiatives in 2002. Pakistan maintains close economic, military and political relationships with the People’s Republic of China.

Pakistan also faces instability in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where some tribal leaders support the Taliban. Pakistan has had to deploy its army in these regions to suppress the local unrest, although a recently declared ceasefire between the tribal leaders and the Pakistani government will bring back the significantly needed stability to the region.[19] Additionally, the country has long faced instability in its largest province, Balochistan. The army was deployed to fight a serious insurgency within the province from 1973–76. Social stability resumed after Rahimuddin Khan was appointed martial law administrator beginning in 1977. After relative peace throughout the 1980s and 1990s, some influential Baloch tribal leaders once again started a separatist movement after Pervez Musharraf took over in 1999.