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Dismissal
History of Pakistan
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| | 1988 | Khan Junejo, Mohammmad | |
| Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo's government & orders new elections |
| 1988 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo's government & orders new elections |
| 1990 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 6th Aug Dismissed by President Khan on charges of corruption & ineptitude, no trial is ever held |
| 6th Aug Zia's prot‚g‚ Nawaz Sharif subsequently comes to power |
| 1990 | Khan, Ghulam Ishaq | |
| 6th Aug Dismissed by President Khan on charges of corruption & ineptitude |
| 1993 | Khan, Ishaq | |
| Elections are held; Benazir Bhutto's government wins a slim margin & Benazir becomes Prime Minister |
| President Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif's government, citing corruption |
| 1993 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| President Ishaq Khan dismisses Sharif's government, citing corruption |
| 18th April Sharif's term was interrupted when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan uses the reserve powers vested in him by the Eighth Amendment to dissolve the National Assembly and appointed Mir Balakh Sher Mazari as the caretaker Prime Minister |
| 1996 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Bhutto is dismissed amid corruption scandals by President Farooq Leghari, who used the Eighth Amendment discretionary powers to dissolve the government |
| The Supreme Court affirms President Leghari's dismissal in a 6-1 ruling |
| 1996 | Leghari, Farooq Ahmed | |
| President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto; accuses her government of corruption and nepotism |
| The Supreme Court affirms President Leghari's dismissal in a 6-1 ruling |
| 2002 | Usmani, Taqi | |
| Musharraf forcibly removes many of the Supreme Court Justices who had voted against his usurpation of power including Justice Taqi Usmani, a world authority on International financial law and Constitutional law |
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