Portal:Government of Pakistan

The Constitution of Pakistan provides for a Federal Parliamentary System of government, with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the chief executive. The President of Pakistan is the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and is elected for a five-year term by the Electoral College of Pakistan - comprised of the Senate, the National Assembly, and the four Provincial Assemblies. The President’s appointment and term are constitutionally independent of the Prime Minister’s term. The current President of Pakistan is Pervez Musharraf, who came to power after a military coup on October 12, 1999.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan is usually the leader of the largest party in the National Assembly and is assisted by a cabinet of ministers drawn from both chambers of the federal legislature.

Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (Urdu: مخدوم سيد يوسف رضا گیلانى ) (born June 9, 1952) is the current Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was nominated by Pakistan Peoples Party, with the support of coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on 22 March 2008.^[1] He took oath from President Pervez Musharraf on 25 March 2008.^[2] Yousaf Raza Gllani is the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from the Saraiki-speaking belt. Another Saraiki-speaking politician, Balakh Sher Mazari, served as the caretaker prime minister for a brief period in 1993.^[3] Gilani is also the present vice chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, a former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1993-1997) and former Federal minister (1985-1986).

• The National Language Authority is an autonomous regulatory institution established in 1979 to support the advancement and promotion of Urdu which is the national language of Pakistan.

• Benazir Bhutto was the youngest woman ever to be elected the Head of Government and the first woman to be elected as the Head of Government of a Muslim country.

• Pakistan is a federation of four provinces, a capital territory and federally administered tribal areas.

• The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces of Pakistan.

• June 7 2008

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the second time. After securing a provincial assembly seat he is elected as new CM replacing a recently choosen CM Dost Muhammad Khosa and is linked with the political party Pakistan Muslim League (N).(Dawn.com)

• June 2 2008

A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen. (CNN)

• May 31 2008

Clocks in Pakistan were moved forward by an hour on Saturday, midnight as part of the government’s energy conservation programme. (Dawn.com) (Bloomberg)

• May 27 2008

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Tuesday agreed to most points of the PPP-proposed constitutional package, but demanded reinstatement of the deposed judges through a parliamentary resolution in accordance with the Murree Declaration before tabling of the 18th Constitution Amendment Bill in the National Assembly. (Dawn.com)

• May 23 2008

Pakistan stocks slumped the most in almost two years, with all equities on the benchmark index falling, after the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates to tame inflation at a 25-year high. (Bloomberg)(Dawn.com)

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