FROM CIVIL SERVANT TO PRESIDENT: THE POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF FAROOQ LEGHARI

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Abstract
An influential figure in Pakistan's political history, Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari transitioned from a senior bureaucrat to the 8th President of Pakistan and dominated the tumultuous political landscape of the 1990s. Farooq Leghari hailed from a prominent tribal family of Dera Ghazi Khan. He is a product of Aitchison College and Oxford University, which trained him for a leadership role both in the bureaucracy and politics of Pakistan. He joined the Pakistan Civil Service in 1964, from which he resigned in 1973. That was the beginning of his long political journey in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). He was an enthusiastic supporter of Benazir Bhutto and served in various ministerial positions, and played a pivotal role during the turbulent democratic shifts. The years of President Farooq Leghari (1993–1997) were then a time of political crisis culminating in the dismissal of Benazir Bhutto’s second government. His metamorphosis from a diehard PPP Jiala into a robust constitutional character highlights the intricate intermeshing of personal faith, party loyalty, and institutional responsibility.  The current paper explores Farooq Leghari’s journey from a civil servant to the head of the state and the determining factors that influenced and led to his characteristic political thinking, style of leadership, and significance for Pakistan’s fragile democratic process.
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Authors Muhammad Mubeen Gohar
Journal Social Sciences & Humanity Research Review
Year 2025
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10.63468/sshrr.028
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https://sshrr.online/index.php/4/article/view/157
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