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In 1986 Benazir returned to Pakistan, and on 16 November 1988 the PPP won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Bhutto was sworn in as [[Prime Minister]] of the coalition government on 2 December 1988, and became the youngest person and the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
In 1986 Benazir returned to Pakistan, and on 16 November 1988 the PPP won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Bhutto was sworn in as [[Prime Minister]] of the coalition government on 2 December 1988, and became the youngest person and the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
Echoing the charges laid against her father, Bhutto's government was dismissed in 1990 following unsubstantiated charges of corruption. [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his party, [[Pakistan Muslim League N]], superseded Benazir's PPP, although she was re-elected in 1993. In 1996, the government was dissolved by then [[president]] [[Farooq Leghari]], with further corruption charges levelled aginst them. Benazir once more went into exile in Britain.
Echoing the charges laid against her father, Bhutto's government was dismissed in 1990 following unsubstantiated charges of corruption. [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his party, [[Pakistan Muslim League N]], superseded Benazir's PPP, although she was re-elected in 1993. In 1996, Benazir's husband was jailed for corruption and accused of murdering her brother, and the government was dissolved by then [[president]] [[Farooq Leghari]], with further corruption charges levelled aginst them. Benazir denied all corruption charges and argued that the investigations were purely politically motivated. She once more went into exile in Britain.
==Return to Pakistan==
In 1999 a military coup d'etat headed by the Army's Chief of staff, [[Pervez Musharraf]], removed Sharif as Prime Minister, and Musharraf declared himself "Chief Executive". In 2001, Musharraf appointed himself to the office of President. In 2002, he altered Pakistan's constitution to prevent prime ministers from serving more than two terms, in a move believed to to be aimed at preventing Bhutto and Sharif forming a poplular opposition to him.
== See also ==
== See also ==