Ghulam Mustafa JatoiGhulam Mustafa Jatoi (Sindhi: غلام مصطفيٰ جتوئي; Urdu: غلام مصطفى جتوئی) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistanipolitician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990. Early lifeGhulam Mustafa Jatoi was born in New Jatoi, Naushehro Feroze District, Sindh to an Sindhi family.He was the eldest of four brothers, and his grandfather, Khan Bahadur , was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1923, 192...
National Alliance (Pakistan)The National Alliance was a coalition of Millat Party, Sindh Democratic Alliance, National Peoples Party, National Awami Party (Wali) and Sindh National Front in Pakistan. It was headed by former Pakistani Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, who was also the head of his own National Peoples Party (NPP). At the 2002 legislative elections in Pakistan, held on 20 October 2002, the Alliance won 4.6% of the popular vote and 16 out of 342 elected members. In May 2004, National Alliance merged with the ruling PML (Q) ...
2008 Pakistani general electionResults by constituencyGeneral elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13thNational Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 PresidentPervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007 Musharraf announced that the elections would be held by 15 February 2008, before suggesting a date of 8 January. Following the assassination of forme...
Grand Democratic AllianceThe Grand Democratic Alliance (abbr.GDA) is a Pakistani political party formed by a coalition of seven Sindh-based political parties. It was founded on 23 October 2017 by several regional parties along with dissident politicians from other parties as a political alliance against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Sindh. Accusing the PPP of political victimization of opponents by using Fascist and authoritarian political policies, It has been a critic of Asif Ali Zardari (the incumbent PPP president). The allian...
National Assembly of PakistanThe National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the bicameralParliament of Pakistan, with the Senate being the upper house. It has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, while 70 are proportionally elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members of the National Assembly hold their seats for five years or until the house is di...
Political partyOrganization coordinating policy priorities and candidates for government positions The members of a political party, such as those of the Indian National Congress (pictured), coordinate to collectively achieve and use political power. Part of the politics seriesParty politics Political spectrum Left–right spectrum Far-leftLeft-wingCentre-leftCentreCentre-rightRight-wingFar-right Other Big tentRadical centrismSyncretism Major ideologies Agrarianism Anarchism Communism Conservatism Fascism Green politics Libera...
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SindhSindh is a province of Pakistan, located in the southeastern region of the country. It is the third-largest Pakistani province by land area and second-largest by population. It is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the south and borders the provinces of Balochistan to the west and Punjab to the north; in addition to sharing an international border with the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east. Karachi, located along the southern coast, is the capital and largest city. Sindh's landscape consists mostly o...
Benazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani stateswoman who twice served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from 1982 until her assassination in 2007. Of Sindhi and Kurdish parentage, Bhutto was born in Karachi to the politically significant and aristocratic Bhutto ...
Naushahro FerozeNaushahro Feroze (Urdu: نوشہرو فیروز, Sindhi: نوشهرو فیروز) is the capital city of Naushahro Feroze District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The district is located at 26°50'0N 68°7'0E with an altitude of 38 metres (127 feet). Naushahro Feroze District borders Khairpur District in the north-east, Dadu District to the west Indus river makes a natural boundary between the two districts, Larkana District in the north-west, and its south-east border is surrounded by Nawabshah District. Sindhi ...
Punjab, PakistanPunjab is a province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the most populous Pakistani province and the second most populous subnational polity in the world. Located in the central-eastern region of the country, it has the largest economy, contributing the most to national GDP in Pakistan. Lahore is the capital and largest city of the province. Other major cities include Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Multan. It is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the north...
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UrduUrdu (اُرْدُو, urdū, [ˈʊɾduː] ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official Eighth Schedule language in India, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of India — alongside having official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states). Urdu and Hindi are closely related. They share a common, predominantly Sanskri...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.