Gilani not the longest-serving prime minister
June 20, 2012
LAHORE: Following the Supreme Court of Pakistan's verdict on Tuesday that Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani had actually ceased to be the country’s Prime Minister on April 26 last, the claim of the incumbent PPP that the 60 years old politician from Multan was the nation’s longest-serving premier in a single tenure, has also turned out to be untrue.
The celebrations in this context have thus been short-lived.Had the Supreme Court not mentioned explicitly in its order that Gilani was disqualified as prime minister on April 26 last, the PPP claim would have been true, as he would then have been the longest-serving Pakistani Premier with a 1,547-day long tenure in a single term.
Now that the apex Pakistani court has clearly ruled out that Gilani has not been the prime minister since April 26, his total duration in office would be counted as 1,494 days, which is 30 days less than Liaquat Ali Khan’s 1,524 days between August 14, 1947 and October 16, 1951 (the days of his assassination in Rawalpindi).
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who had celebrated his 60th birthday just 11 days ago on June 9, is only the 5th Pakistani Premier in country’s 64-year history who has spent more than 1,000 days in office.
The other four Pakistani premiers are Liaquat Ali Khan (1,524 days), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1,421 days), Benazir Bhutto (1,113 days during her second tenures) and Shaukat Aziz (1,183 days).
Overall, if Nawaz Sharif’s two-tenures as country’s premier are counted, he had served on this key slot for 1,934 days—-more than anybody else till date.Nawaz Sharif had held this prime slot for 894 days during his first term between November 6, 1990 and April 18, 1993.
After Nawaz Sharif’s first government was dismissed on April 18, 1993, he had moved the Supreme Court against the then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s decision to dissolve the assemblies.
Sharif bounced back to the power corridors on May 26, 1993 after a favourable verdict of the Justice Nasim Hassan Shah-led Supreme Court of Pakistan, but could last just 73 days till July 18, 1993.
On February 17, 1997, Nawaz commenced his second stint in power, but was ousted by General Musharraf on October 12, 1999, after having called shots for 967 days.Both his tenures had interestingly lasted 967 days each, taking his total stay in office in two terms to 1,934 days. If Benazir Bhutto’s two-tenures as country’s Premier are counted, she had served on this key slot for 1,725 days.
She was Pakistan’s prime minister for 612 days between December 2, 1988 and August 6, 1990, before going on to serve on the same seat for another 1,113 days between October 19, 1993 and November 5, 1996.
The celebrations in this context have thus been short-lived.Had the Supreme Court not mentioned explicitly in its order that Gilani was disqualified as prime minister on April 26 last, the PPP claim would have been true, as he would then have been the longest-serving Pakistani Premier with a 1,547-day long tenure in a single term.
Now that the apex Pakistani court has clearly ruled out that Gilani has not been the prime minister since April 26, his total duration in office would be counted as 1,494 days, which is 30 days less than Liaquat Ali Khan’s 1,524 days between August 14, 1947 and October 16, 1951 (the days of his assassination in Rawalpindi).
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who had celebrated his 60th birthday just 11 days ago on June 9, is only the 5th Pakistani Premier in country’s 64-year history who has spent more than 1,000 days in office.
The other four Pakistani premiers are Liaquat Ali Khan (1,524 days), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1,421 days), Benazir Bhutto (1,113 days during her second tenures) and Shaukat Aziz (1,183 days).
Overall, if Nawaz Sharif’s two-tenures as country’s premier are counted, he had served on this key slot for 1,934 days—-more than anybody else till date.Nawaz Sharif had held this prime slot for 894 days during his first term between November 6, 1990 and April 18, 1993.
After Nawaz Sharif’s first government was dismissed on April 18, 1993, he had moved the Supreme Court against the then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s decision to dissolve the assemblies.
Sharif bounced back to the power corridors on May 26, 1993 after a favourable verdict of the Justice Nasim Hassan Shah-led Supreme Court of Pakistan, but could last just 73 days till July 18, 1993.
On February 17, 1997, Nawaz commenced his second stint in power, but was ousted by General Musharraf on October 12, 1999, after having called shots for 967 days.Both his tenures had interestingly lasted 967 days each, taking his total stay in office in two terms to 1,934 days. If Benazir Bhutto’s two-tenures as country’s Premier are counted, she had served on this key slot for 1,725 days.
She was Pakistan’s prime minister for 612 days between December 2, 1988 and August 6, 1990, before going on to serve on the same seat for another 1,113 days between October 19, 1993 and November 5, 1996.
