Which of the statements is true?
A In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in September 1999
B. He changed his designation to Prime Minister.
C. In 2002 he issued a 'Legal Framework Order that amended the constitution of Pakistan
D. None of the above.
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Answer:
The 1999 military takeover in Pakistan[3] was a bloodless coup d'état initiated by the military staff at the Joint Staff HQ working under Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Pervez Musharraf seized control of the civilian government of publicly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 October 1999.[4] Simultaneously tenuring as the Chief of Army Staff, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Musharraf, who then-acted as the country's Chief Executive, declared a state of emergency by issuing a controversial provisional order in a direct violation of that suspended the writ of the Constitution of Pakistan on 14 October 1999 — only two days of seizing the control of the federal government from the legal advise taken from his legal team led by Sharifuddin Pirzada