OCTOBER 25, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 16

A Legacy of Political Strife

• Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is shot dead by an assassin from the Afghan fringe

	ALSO IN TIME
	Pakistan: Return of the Generals The army ends the country's decade-long experiment in democracy, ousting a discredited civilian government but remaining quiet about its own plans to rule In Command: The coup leader is a man of action Viewpoint: The army must give way to civilians quickly A Legacy of Political Strife Pakistan: On the Ropes Sectarian violence adds to Nawaz Sharif's list of woes (10/18/99) India-Pakistan: Tit for Tat Tensions rise anew with the shooting down of a Pakistani military plane and a reported retaliatory missile firing (8/23/99)
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	CNN Breaking news from South Asia ASIAWEEK Daily Briefing: Promises, Promises Gen. Pervez Musharraf details Pakistan's new government (10/18/99) Here We Go Again After grabbing power for the fifth time in 52 years, Pakistan's generals may put in place a civilian government sooner rather than later (10/22/99)
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• General Ayub Khan stages military coup, becomes Prime Minister and imposes martial law for four years

• General Yayha Khan reimposes martial law

• Yayha Khan hands power to civilian Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

• Army chief Mohammad Zia ul-Haq seizes power, arrests Bhutto and declares martial law

• Bhutto is hanged on questionable charges involving political murder

• Zia and several military officers die in plane crash near Bahawalpur; Bhutto's daughter Benazir becomes Prime Minister after general election victory

• Benazir's unpopular government is dissolved; Muhammed Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister

• Sharif's unpopular government is dissolved; Benazir returns as Prime Minister

• President Farooq Leghari dissolves Benazir's unpopular government

• Sharif returns as Prime Minister in general election landslide; Leghari resigns after six-month battle to investigate Sharif for misuse of power

• Sharif is ousted in coup led by General Pervez Musharraf