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|president =Pervez Musharraf
|president =Asif Ali Zardari
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|pm =Muhammad Mian Soomro
|pm =Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
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|area =340,403 sq mi
|area =340,403 sq mi
==Government and Political Conditions==
==Government and Political Conditions==
Pervez Musharraf has been chief of state since June 20, 2001. A prolonged confrontation over authority between Parliament and the President ended in December 2002 with a compromise which permitted passage of the Legal Framework Order (LFO) of 2002, under the terms of which President Musharraf made his pledge to resign his military position as Commander-in-Chief in late 2004. However, in 2004 General Musharraf announced that he would retain his military role.
Pervez Musharraf was chief of state from June 20, 2001 to August 19, 2008. A prolonged confrontation over authority between Parliament and the President ended in December 2002 with a compromise which permitted passage of the Legal Framework Order (LFO) of 2002, under the terms of which President Musharraf made his pledge to resign his military position as Commander-in-Chief in late 2004. However, in 2004 General Musharraf announced that he would retain his military role.
The Pakistan Constitution of 1973, amended substantially in 1985 under Zia ul-Haq, was suspended by the military government in October 1999. It was restored on December 31, 2002. Selected provisions of the Constitution pertaining to changes that President Musharraf made while the Constitution was suspended remain contested by political opponents.
The Pakistan Constitution of 1973, amended substantially in 1985 under Zia ul-Haq, was suspended by the military government in October 1999. It was restored on December 31, 2002. Selected provisions of the Constitution pertaining to changes that President Musharraf made while the Constitution was suspended remain contested by political opponents.
===Principal Government Officials===
===Principal Government Officials===
*President--Pervez Musharraf
*President--Asif Ali Zardari<ref name="CIA World Factbook">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html</ref>
*Prime Minister (head of government)--Shaukat Aziz
*Prime Minister (head of government)--Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani<ref name="CIA World Factbook" />
*Minister of Foreign Affairs--Khurshid Kasuri
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*Ambassador to the U.S.--Mehmood Ali Durrani
*Ambassador to the U.S.--Husain Haqqani<ref>http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/spring_summer2008/110047.htm</ref>
*Ambassador to the UN--Munir Akram
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===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===