Led briefly by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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Pakistan Early

• Led briefly by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
• Dangerous combination
• Was not prepared to rule in 1948.
• Strong Islamic fundamentalism.
• Impoverished.
• Pakistan divides in 1972
• W. Pakistan Pakistan
• E. Pakistan Bangladesh

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1971 EAST PAKISTAN BECOMES BANGLADESH!
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Benazir Bhutto

• First Woman Prime Minister, 1988
• Unable to keep control, froze foreign
  investments/misuse of funds.
• Ousted in 1990, 1993 on corruption charges.
• Nawaz Sharif (followed Bhutto)
• Ousted three times.
• Struggle between modernizers and fundamentalists.
• Seen as power hungry (kicked out Supreme Court
  Justice)

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Assassinated when she was planning on returning
to government.
December 27, 2007
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Gen. Pervex Musharaff

• Coup detat.
• Secular government against Islamic
  fundamentalists.
• U.S. ally in the War on Terror.
• Some blame for Bhuttos assassination Left
  office under allegations of this in 2008 ?
  Replaced by Asif Ali Zardari.

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Major problems Issues in Pakistan today

• Economic development.
• Political instability/military dictatorship.
• Hindu-Muslim tensions.
• Gender issues ? honor killings.

• Terrorism.
• The Kashmir dispute
• Nuclear weapons.

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New Friends?Musharraf and Vajpayee (India) at a
meeting on nuclear issues in Nepal.