Question

III) After the passage of the_______,
elections were held to the
national and state assemblies.

a) Military rule

b) Referendum

c) Legal Framework Order

d) Both (b) and (c)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Legal Framework Order

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Option c - Legal framework order is the correct option.

Explanation:

• In August 2002, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf issued the Legal Framework Order, 2002.
• It provided for the general elections of 2002, as well as the resurrection of Pakistan's 1973 Constitution and various revisions to it.
• The Supreme Court reversed Musharraf the following month, saying that the revisions would have to be accepted by Parliament in the same way that the unamended 1973 Constitution required—by two-thirds of both houses of the bicameral body.
• Despite having a majority in Parliament after the October 2002 general elections, Musharraf's supporters lacked the requisite two-thirds supermajority to ratify the Legal Framework Order.
• For nearly a year, Parliament was effectively paralysed by Musharraf's opponents' vehement resistance.
• In December 2003, a faction was persuaded to vote for the Seventeenth Amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, a compromise amendment package.
• Parts of the Legal Framework Order was included in the Constitution as a result of this modification.

Hence, the national and state assemblies were held after the passage of the legal framework order.

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