ection results: 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/M 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, judicial chiefs are appointed by the
president; Federal Islamic (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; Awami National Party or ANP ;
Balochistan National Movement/Hayee Group or BNM/H ;
Balochistan National Movement/Mengal Group or BNM/M [Sardar Akhtar
MENGAL]; Baluch National Party or BNP ; Jamhoori Watan
Party or JWP ; Jamiat-al-Hadith or JAH ;
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Fazlur Rehman faction or JUI/F; Jamiat
Ulema-i-Pakistan, Niazi faction or JUP/NI ; Millat Part
; 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,
Tehrik-I-Jafria Pakistan or TJP , and Jamiat
Ulema-i-Pakistan, Noorani faction or JUP/NO; Mutahida Qaumi Movement,
Altaf faction or MQM/A ; National People's Party or NPP
; Pakhtun Khwa Milli Awami Party or PKMAP
; Pakhtun Quami Party or PKQP [Mohammed AFZAL
Khan]; Pakistan Awami Tehrik or PAT ; Pakistan Muslim
League, Functional Group or PML/F ; Pakistan Muslim
League, Junejo faction or PML/J ; Pakistan Muslim
League, Nawaz Sharif faction or PML/N ; Pakistan
National Party or PNP ; Pakistan People's Party or PPP
; Pakistan People's Party/Shaheed Bhutto or PPP/SB
; Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf or PTI
note: political alliances in Pakistan can shift frequently

Political pressure groups and leaders: military remains important
political force; ulema (clergy), landowners, industrialists, and small
merchants also influential

International organization participation: AsDB, C (suspended), CCC,
CP, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat,
Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS
(observer), OIC, OPCW, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNIKOM, UN