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Split of mandate → PPP got majority in the centre; PML-led IJI won majority in the
Punjab; other parties in the NWFP & Balochistan; Urban Sindh → the MQM (Muhajir
Qaumi Movement) & rural Sindh
→PPP Disturbed relations b/w the central govt and the Punjab govt → BB failed to
counter the Sharif govt in Punjab; she tried to destabilize his govt but this increased
the popularity of N.Sharif. She was accused of being too pro-US; she tried to
normalize relations with India in the wake of the Kashmiri uprising; also attempted to
project Pakistan’s liberal image
→ first Muslim state with a female head of state. Problems in Sindh→ most PPP
leaders unhappy over the PPP-MQM alliance in the Sindh Assembly → growing
ethnic violence in Karachi & Hyderabad (two major cities under the MQM) → crack
down on MQM → The Pucca Qila Operation in Hyderabad under the military’s
supervision & massacre of the Urdu-speaking (Muhajirs) community. Failure of the
PPP govt to control violence & disturbed relations with the Punjab gov
→ GIK (Ghulam Ishaq Khan), using powers under the article 58(2) (b) dismissed govt
of PPP, dissolved assemblies. Care taker govt under Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Aug
1990 & elections in 90 days