Ghulam Ishaq Khan
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| Date of Birth: | January 20, 1915 |
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| President of Pakistan | |
| Tenure Order: | 7th President |
| Took Office: | August 17, 1988 – July 18, 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
| Successor: | Wasim Sajjad |
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (born January 20, 1915) was President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993.
Khan was born on January 20, 1915 in Bannu District of North-West Frontier Province to a Hindkowan family of Pashtun orgin. He completed his education in chemistry, and joined the Indian civil service prior to Pakistani independence. Upon independence, he was involved in irrigation projects in West Pakistan, and later went on to join the Finance Ministry, eventually becoming the Finance Minister.
In the 1985 elections, he won a Senate seat, shortly after which he was elected as Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. Immediately after the death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1988, Khan became acting President in accordance with the Constitutional rules of succession, and was formally elected to the position in December of that year. He held the position of President until 1993.
Khan reportedly vetoed the appointment of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Hamid Gul as Army Chief, appointing the moderately reformist general Asif Nawaz Khan Janjua instead. Khan's presidency also saw the resignation of General Rahimuddin Khan from the post of Governor of Sindh, due to differences between the two after Khan started restricting Rahimuddin's vast amount of legislative power. Khan's presidency was also marked by his use of Eighth Amendment reserve powers to check the government. While the Prime Minister is the Head of Government, Khan was able to dismiss the governments of both Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif on charges of corruption, mismanagement, and nepotism, thereby triggering new elections, which the incumbent parties lost. The second dismissal of government exacerbated institutional and political opposition to Khan, leading to his resignation in 1993, and later to a constitutional amendment that reduced the Presidency to a figurehead.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences was set by him and it is located in Topi, North-West Frontier Province.
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External links
- [Ghulam Ishaq Khan Profile] Story of Pakistan
- [Ghulam Ishaq Khan taking oath as the President of Pakistan]
- [In depth history of Khan's presidency]
- [Gulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology]
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