Word: sind
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...power to unite, confining the authority of the national government to virtually within the capital district of Islamabad. As it is, support for Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif reflects the regional divisons that have undermined national stability and independence since 1947. Bhutto's votes came largely from her native province, Sind, where her family retains large landholdings, and from the rural areas of populous Punjab. Naqaz Sharif scored a virtual clean sweep in the largest cities -- Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi -- and industrial areas of Punjab...
...would have a feudal kingdom. Her government appeared to operate largely by petition; she bartered Cabinet seats for increased support in Parliament, and she was unwilling to allow the army, which she distrusted, to interfere in the violent politics of her power base in the province of Sind. While a cordon sanitaire of friends and relatives kept her insulated from critics, she made sure her public appearances received immense media coverage. Like Aquino's, Bhutto's reputation as restorer of democracy and avenger of her father could not withstand her government's weakness...
...turned out, crusading against military dictatorship was far easier than running a government. In 20 months Bhutto's administration accomplished little besides developing a reputation for corruption, antagonizing the powerful army leadership and proving incapable of ending ethnic conflict in her home province of Sind. Citing parts of that record, the President dissolved her government in August and called for fresh elections...
...Bhutto herself ran for two seats. She overwhelmingly won reelection in Larkana in southern Sind Province but suffered a humiliating defeat in the northern city of Peshawar, losing by nearly 12,000 votes...
...press conference that began with a reading from the Koran: "Whatever evil befalls you is the result of your own deeds." He then proceeded to read a three-page indictment of the Bhutto government that included allegations of unconstitutional activities, corruption and mishandling of a violent political crisis in Sind province...