r to the military takeover - Mohammad
Nawaz SHARIF elected prime minister; percent of National Assembly vote -
NA%; Rafiq TARAR elected president; percent of Parliament vote - NA%

Legislative branch: note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dissolved Parliament
following the military takeover of 12 October 1999; bicameral Parliament
or Majlis-e-Shoora consists of the Senate (87 seats; members indirectly
elected by provincial assemblies to serve six-year terms; one-third of
the members up for election every two years) and the National Assembly
(217 seats - 10 represent non-Muslims; members elected by popular vote
to serve five-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 12 March 1997
(next to be held by October 2002); National Assembly - last held 3
February 1997 (next to be held by October 2002) election results:
results are for the last elections prior to the military takeover;
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PML/N 30, PPP
17, ANP 7, MQM/A 6, JWP 5, BNP 4, JUI/F 2, PML/J 2, BNM/H 1, PKMAP 1,
TJP 1, independents 6, vacant 5; National Assembly - percent of vote
by party - NA%; seats by party - PML/N 137, PPP 18, MQM/A 12, ANP 10,
BNP 3, JWP 2, JUI/F 2, PPP/SB 1, NPP 1, independents 21, minorities 10;
note - Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dismissed Parliament 15 October 1999

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president);
Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court

Political parties and leaders: note: Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dissolved
Parliament following the military takeover of 12 October 1999, however,
political parties have been allowed to operate within limits; Awami
National Party or ANP [Wali KHAN]; Balochistan National Movement/Hayee
Group or BNM/H [Dr. HAYEE Baluch]; Baluch National Party or BNP
[Sardar Akhtar MENGAL]; Jamhoori Watan Party or JWP [Akbar Khan BUGTI];
Jamiat-al-Hadith or JAH [Sajid MIR]; Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Fazlur
Rehman faction or JUI/F [Fazlur REHMAN]; Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan,
Niazi faction or JUP/NI [Abdul Sattar Khan NIAZI]; Millat Party [Farooq
LEGHARI]; Milli Yakjheti Council or MYC is an umbrella organization which
includes Jamaat-i-Islami or JI [Qazi Hussain AHMED], Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam,
Sami-ul-Haq faction or JUI/S [Sami ul-HAQ], Tehrik-I-Jafria Pakistan or
TJP [Allama Sajid NAQVI], and Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, Noorani faction
or JUP/NO [Shah Ahmad NOORANI]; Mutahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf faction
or MQM/A [Altaf HUSSAIN]; National People's Party or NPP [Ghulam Mustap