Question

General Pervez Musharraf over threw a democratically elected government and declared himself the....................of the country.​

Answer 1

Answer:

General Pervez Musharraf over threw a democratically elected government and declared himself the Chief executive of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct fill up for the question-" General Pervez Musharraf over threw a democratically elected government and declared himself the....................of the country.​"is-

Chief Executive’

Explanation:

In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in October 1999. He overthrew a democratically elected government and declared himself the ‘Chief Executive’ of the country. Later he changed his designation to President and in 2002 held a referendum in the country that granted him a five year extension.

This shifted his designation from Chief Executive to the President of Pakistan. However, the referendum was widely criticised as being fraudulent and unfair.

we should know this also,

Referendum-

A referendum is a form of direct democracy in which the citizens of a country vote directly on a particular subject or decision of the government.

Thus, Pakistan under General Parvez Musharraf was not called a democracy since the rulers was not elected by the people but by the referendum People might have elected their representatives to the national as well as the provincial assemblies but all these elected representatives were not really considered as the rulers.