Pakistan's Domestic Political Developments
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Pakistan is a strategically important country and home to one of the world’s
largest Muslim populations. In October 1999, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen.
Pervez Musharraf replaced Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup.
Following the military overthrow of an elected government, Islamabad faced
considerable international opprobrium and was subjected to automatic coup-related
U.S. sanctions. The September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and
Musharraf’s ensuing withdrawal …
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Date:
September 19, 2005
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
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