Word: bhutto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, Bhutto and her supporters said the move was an improper attempt by the president and army leaders to seize power for themselves...
Ishaq Khan dismissed the federal legislature and dispatched the army to take over the national television station and telephone exchanges, bringing an abrupt end to Bhutto's 20-month-old government. He scheduled new elections for October 24, imposed a state of emergency and appointed the nation's opposition leader, Mustafa Jatoi, interim prime minister...
...dissolving the National Assembly, the law-making lower house of Pakistan's parliament, Ishaq Khan said Bhutto's government was corrupt and politically inept. As head of state, Ishaq Khan has the constitutional power to dissolve the government if he believes it can no longer carry out its duties...
Ishaq Khan's action took Bhutto by surprise, Galbraith said. In a news conference, the prime minister herself called the president's charges a "slander campaign" and vowed to fight the decision...
...Bhutto was hailed as a hero in 1988 after she became the first woman to lead a modern Moslem nation, restoring democracy to Pakistan after 11 years of military rule under Mohammad Zia ul-Haq. Last year, she spoke at Harvard's Commencement, where she was awarded an honorary degree...