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| Constitution Bhutto, Benazir |  |
| Bhutto is dismissed amid corruption scandals by President Farooq Leghari, who used the Eighth Amendment discretionary powers to dissolve the government |
| Constitution Leghari, Farooq Ahmed | |
| Bhutto is dismissed amid corruption scandals by President Farooq Leghari, who used the Eighth Amendment discretionary powers to dissolve the government |
| Dismissal 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 |
| Dismissal 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 |
| Election Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Oct After being dismissed by the then-president of Pakistan on charges of corruption, Bhutto's party loses the October elections |
| Oct Serves as leader of the opposition while Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister for the next three years |
| Oct Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast |
| Election Sharif, Nawaz | |
| Nawaz Sharif holds the record in Pakistani politics for securing the heaviest mandate in a general election in Pakistan |
| Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast |
