On 19 April 1993, President
Ghulam Ishaq Khan exercised his extra-constitutional presidential powers, instituted to him through the
Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, to resolve the power struggle in Pakistan and dismissed the government of prime minister
Nawaz Sharif. After dissolving both, the national and the provincial assemblies, Khan appointed Mazari as the
caretaker prime minister. After being appointed the caretaker prime minister, Mazari had to serve as the head of the government for 90 days, a mandatory period required to set up a framework for the next general elections. Mazari scheduled the general elections for 14 July 1993. ==References==