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POLITICAL STABILITY AND SOCIAL REFORMS IN PUNJAB PAKISTAN BY PERVAIZ ELAHI

24 Pages : 216-223

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).24      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).24      Published : Mar 2020

Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi

    As a chief minister of Punjab Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi received national and international fame and appreciation for his liberalism, his philosophy of modernism, for his strictness to eradicate terrorism and to maintain law and order situation in the province. This is a historical study, and the date has been collected through primary and secondary sources. His revolutionary steps like educated Punjab, rescue 1122, traffic warden system, the establishment of an institute of cardiology and children complex, irrigation system, and Lahore Ring road project were his notable achievements. These steps got appreciation from the World Bank and other donor agencies. This study will highlight the political stability and social reforms in detail of Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi as chief minister of Punjab province of Pakistan

    Agriculture, Education, Opposition, Political Stability, Reforms, Social Sector.
    (1) Tahreem Shahnawaz
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur., Punjab, Pakistan,
    (2) Muhammad Khursheed
    Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur., Punjab, Pakistan,
    (3) Muhammad Wasim Abbas
    PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur., Punjab, Pakistan,
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    APA : Shahnawaz, T., Khursheed, M., & Abbas, M. W. (2020). Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi. Global Political Review, V(I), 216-223. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).24
    CHICAGO : Shahnawaz, Tahreem, Muhammad Khursheed, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. 2020. "Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi." Global Political Review, V (I): 216-223 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).24
    HARVARD : SHAHNAWAZ, T., KHURSHEED, M. & ABBAS, M. W. 2020. Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi. Global Political Review, V, 216-223.
    MHRA : Shahnawaz, Tahreem, Muhammad Khursheed, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. 2020. "Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi." Global Political Review, V: 216-223
    MLA : Shahnawaz, Tahreem, Muhammad Khursheed, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. "Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 216-223 Print.
    OXFORD : Shahnawaz, Tahreem, Khursheed, Muhammad, and Abbas, Muhammad Wasim (2020), "Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi", Global Political Review, V (I), 216-223
    TURABIAN : Shahnawaz, Tahreem, Muhammad Khursheed, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. "Political Stability and Social Reforms in Punjab, Pakistan by Pervaiz Elahi." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 216-223. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).24