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PAKISTANS POLITICAL SHIFT FROM MARTIAL LAW TOWARDS DEMOCRACY DURING ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO ERA 1970 1977

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-IV).01      10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-IV).01      Published : Dec 2022

Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)

Abstract

    Military is a well organized and disciplined institution of a country. The main function of the military is to secure the borders from external aggressions but in the case of Pakistan there are uncertainties and political instabilities which provoke the military to take over and rule the country. After the martial law of Ayub Khan, formal elections were held in which Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was nominated to govern the country. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto has won the elections and became the prime minister of Pakistan. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto implanted democracy in true sense. It was proved that democracy is far better than dictatorship. The paper aims to throw light on the political shift from martial law to democracy in Pakistan during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto era.

    Military Interventions, Consequences of Military Interventions, Zulfiqar era, Democracy

    (1) Uroosa Ishfaq
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Shaheeed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Kashif Ashfaq
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Khudija Sanam
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Government Girls Degree College Shiekhmaltoon Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ishfaq, U., Ashfaq, K., & Sanam, K. (2022). Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977). Global Political Review, VII(IV), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-IV).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Kashif Ashfaq, and Khudija Sanam. 2022. "Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)." Global Political Review, VII (IV): 1-6 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-IV).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ISHFAQ, U., ASHFAQ, K. & SANAM, K. 2022. Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977). Global Political Review, VII, 1-6.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Kashif Ashfaq, and Khudija Sanam. 2022. "Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)." Global Political Review, VII: 1-6

MLA

    MLA : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Kashif Ashfaq, and Khudija Sanam. "Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)." Global Political Review, VII.IV (2022): 1-6 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Ashfaq, Kashif, and Sanam, Khudija (2022), "Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)", Global Political Review, VII (IV), 1-6

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ishfaq, Uroosa, Kashif Ashfaq, and Khudija Sanam. "Pakistan's Political Shift from Martial Law towards Democracy during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Era (1970 – 1977)." Global Political Review VII, no. IV (2022): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-IV).01