1999 Pakistani coup d’état

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The 1999 Pakistani coup d’état was a military takeover led by General Pervez Musharraf that overthrew Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and resulted in Pakistan’s return to military rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d’état ⓘ
military coup ⓘ
alsoInvolved Pakistan Air Force ⓘ
Pakistan Navy ⓘ
broughtToPower Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
cause attempt by Nawaz Sharif to dismiss Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
civil–military tensions in Pakistan ⓘ
conflict over Kargil War fallout ⓘ
constitutionalStatus extra-constitutional takeover ⓘ
context history of military rule in Pakistan ⓘ
post-Kargil political crisis ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
date 1999-10-12 ⓘ
effect dismissal of provincial governments ⓘ
dissolution of National Assembly ⓘ
imposition of emergency rule ⓘ
effectOnConstitution suspension of parts of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
followedBy Musharraf military government ⓘ
linked to: Pervez Musharraf

Provisional Constitutional Order 1999 ⓘ
governingBodyAfter military-led government of Pakistan ⓘ
keyFigure Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
languageOfCountry English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
leader Pervez Musharraf ⓘ
ledTo Nawaz Sharif trial and exile ⓘ
Pervez Musharraf presidency ⓘ
legalOutcome validated by Supreme Court of Pakistan under doctrine of necessity ⓘ
location Islamabad ⓘ
Karachi ⓘ
mediaDescription bloodless coup ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Pakistan Army ⓘ
opposedBy supporters of Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
organizer Pakistan Army ⓘ
overthrew Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
partOf Pakistani political history ⓘ
powerBase Chief of Army Staff ⓘ
precededBy second Sharif ministry ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
removedFromOffice Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
result dismissal of Nawaz Sharif government ⓘ
military rule in Pakistan ⓘ
suspension of democratic governance ⓘ
significance marked Pakistan’s return to military rule ⓘ
targetOffice Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typeOfChange regime change ⓘ
year 1999 ⓘ

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Nawaz Sharif → militaryCoupInvolved → 1999 Pakistani coup d’état ⓘ
subject linked to: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan → associatedWithEvent → 1999 Pakistani coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: 1999 Pakistani coup d’état
Legal Framework Order, 2002 → precededBy → 1999 Pakistani military coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: 1999 Pakistani coup d’état