1988 Pakistani presidential election

none June 2024 Pakistan presidential 1973 Pakistani presidential election 1973 6 December 1988 1993 Pakistani presidential election 1993 439 votes in the Electoral College Plurality of votes needed to win Ghulam Ishaq Khan (cropped) (cropped).JPG Ghulam Ishaq Khan IndependentRan as an independent candidate with support and votes from the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad and the Pakistan People’s Party 79.27% Results by constituency President Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Caretaker after Zia-ul-Haq’s death) Elected President Ghulam Ishaq Khan Independent politician PPP-IJI 348 1988-12-13 Bhutto Wins Vote of Confidence https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/13/world/bhutto-wins-vote-of-confidence.html 2025-06-16 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Pakistan Democratic Party 91 3x4.svg 20.73% Indirect presidential elections were held in December 1988 to elect the 7th President of Pakistan. The votes were given by the Electoral College of Pakistan, which had its new members in both national and provincial assemblies elected in the corresponding 1988 Pakistani general election. The elections saw a deal struck between the already ruling Independent caretaker president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as well as the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). With support from the two largest parties, Ishaq Khan won the elections with ease.Pakistan - President Ghulam Ishaq Khan as Power Broker http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9878.html 2024-04-14 www.country-data.com Background, candidates The presidential elections were held after a decade of military rule, where the 6th president, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ruled with the Armed Forces as military president and as Chief martial law administrator with authoritarian rule. Zia-ul-Haq would die in a controversial plane crash, which left the presidential office vacant, thus, the powerful Chairman of the Senate, Ghulam Ishaq Khan took over as empowered interim president. The Revival of the Constitutional Order had amended the Constitution, which allowed the president to appoint any member of the National Assembly as prime minister. Ghulam Ishaq Khan appointed Benazir Bhutto as Prime Minister of Pakistan on the condition that she would give full support to him in the December presidential elections.admin 2003-06-01 Ghulam Ishaq Khan becomes President of Pakistan https://storyofpakistan.com/ghulam-ishaq-khan-becomes-president/ 2024-04-14 Story Of Pakistan en-USPAKISTAN: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1988 http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2241_88.htm 2024-04-14 archive.ipu.org A political deal was made between Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Benazir Bhutto. The Pakistan Peoples Party assured that they would vote for Ghulam Ishaq Khan, as Ishaq Khan had appointed Benazir as prime minister. Ghulam Ishaq Khan was also the candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad. Results 4 candidates took part in the elections, with most of them minor candidates securing low votes from minor and regional parties. Ghulam Ishaq Khan easily won the elections, due to the support and votes given to him by the 2 largest political groups, the right-wing Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) and left-wing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), this support would allow him to secure the highest number of votes — 608 out of 752. Aftermath First Benazir Bhutto government First Nawaz Sharif government The election of Ghulam Ishaq Khan as President would extend his already ongoing term. Since he ruled directly after Zia-ul-Haq’s presidency, he would be given high-level presidential powers, as Zia-ul-Haq ruled as an authoritarian president. The powers given to the President of Pakistan in Zia-ul-Haq’s time mainly consisted of the Eighth Amendment, in which the President could dissolve the government whenever he thought need be. Benazir Bhutto would be ruling Prime Minister at the time of Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s presidency. She would be highly anti-Zia-ul-Haq and attempted to reverse his policies, mainly the Eighth Amendment. As Benazir was the Prime Minister, she wanted more power for the Prime Minister, and less for the President. These desires of Benazir Bhutto would consequently lead to a conflict with Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who would dissolve Benazir’s government, as she attempted to strip the Presidential powers via reversing the Eighth Amendment. Ghulam Ishaq Khan would rule the country for more than 4 years, following the election, and would come into conflict with both his former allies, the PPP and IJI, as he dissolved both Benazir Bhutto’s and Nawaz Sharif’s governments over the disputed Eighth Amendment. Notes References 1988 Category:1988 elections in Pakistan