The Musharraf Regime (October 1999 to August 2008)

The Musharraf Regime (October 1999 to August 2008)



 On 12 October  1999,  the  Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf, suspended the constitution,  overthrew the government of Prime  Minister  Mian  Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, and dissolved the national and provincial assemblies. Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s decision to appoint General Zia-ud-Din, Chief of  Army Staff, was also declared unconstitutional. Later on, Supreme Court, in a decision, gave General Pervez Musharraf’s government three years so he could bring constitutional and social reforms to the country.

General Pervez 

Musharraf promised to bring 

visible changes in 

the system of local governments soon after 

coming to power 

on Oct.12, 1999, the authority was to transfer to 

the lower level 

of the public. 

The local government 

in Pakistan was divided 

into three parts 

– Union government, 

tehsil government and 

District government.

Union Government

 A Union Government comprises a Nazim, Naib Nazim, Union Council, and Union Administration. Voters elect 13 members of a Union Council that are: one Nazim, one Naib Nazim, four male General Councillors, four female General Councillors, two male 

Farmers/Labour Councillors, two 

female Farmers/Labour Councillors and one Minority Councillor, The duties of a Union Council include the security arrangements within its boundary, making the annual development program for the area, 

imposing taxes at the local level and solving criminal and civil cases of mini nature, and land and family disputes 

•Tehsil Government 

Government The tehsil 

government comprises Tehsil 

Nazim, Naib Tehsil Nazim, Tehsil Council, and Tehsil Administration.The educational 

qualifications of the tehsil Nazim and naib Nazim shell 

be at least matric. 

They will be elected 

by all the union councilors present in  

Tehsil, The Tehsil Nazim is the administrative head of the tehsil government. The Naib Nazims of each Union Council in the Tehsil are included in the Tehsil Council. Additionally, 33% of the seats are reserved for women, 5% for farmers and laborers, and 5% for minorities, The Nazim Tehsil. The head of the government will be Nazim. Tehsil Nazim will supervise a tehsil municipal office (TMO). Under the direction of the tehsil municipal officer, four Tehsil Officers (TOS) would be allocated to oversee the operations of several departments. Finance, budget and accounts, land revenue records, planning, rural and urban development, municipal coordination, and its stages, are just a few of the departments.

•District Administration

Nazim, Naib Nazim, Council, and Administration make up the district government and the head

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