![]() ![]() Initially, the balance of power seemed to have shifted from the military headquarters to parliament. ![]() Major amendments were made to the constitution, and powers tightly held by past dictators were devolved to the parliament and the provincial legislatures. Political leaders put aside their differences and worked on implementing the charter of democracy (COD), a roadmap towards democratic rule that had been signed by opposition parties during the dictatorship. The country needed healing, having lost former prime minister and main opposition leader Benazir Bhutto months earlier in a devastating terrorist attack. With the end of military rule in Pakistan in 2008, many were hopeful of a new beginning. ![]()
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