A cikin 1999, Pakistan ta fuskanci juyin mulkin soja ba tare da jini ba a karkashin jagorancin Janar Pervez Musharraf da ma'aikatan soja a hedkwatar rundunar hadin gwiwa.A ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba, sun kwace iko daga hannun gwamnatin farar hula ta Firaminista Nawaz Sharif.Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, Musharraf, a matsayinsa na Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa, ya dakatar da kundin tsarin mulkin Pakistan a cikin takaddama.Juyin mulkin dai ya biyo bayan takun saka tsakanin gwamnatin Sharif da sojoji, musamman da Janar Musharraf.Yunkurin Sharif na maye gurbin Musharraf da Laftanar-Janar Ziauddin Butt a matsayin babban hafsan soji ya fuskanci turjiya daga manyan jami'an soji wanda ya kai ga tsare Butt.Kisan juyin mulkin ya yi sauri.A cikin sa'o'i 17, kwamandojin soji sun kwace wasu muhimman cibiyoyin gwamnati, inda suka sanya Sharif da gwamnatinsa, ciki har da dan uwansa, a tsare a gidan yari.Sojojin sun kuma karbe iko da muhimman hanyoyin sadarwa.Kotun kolin Pakistan, karkashin jagorancin Alkalin Alkalai Irshad Hassan Khan, ta tabbatar da dokar soja a karkashin "a'idar larura," amma ta takaita tsawonta zuwa shekaru uku.An dai gurfanar da Sharif gaban shari’a kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin daurin rai da rai a cikin jirgin da ke dauke da Musharraf, matakin da ya haifar da cece-kuce.A cikin watan Disambar 2000, Musharraf ya yi wa Sharif afuwa ba zato ba tsammani, wanda daga nan ya wuce Saudiyya.A shekara ta 2001, Musharraf ya zama shugaban kasa bayan tilastawa shugaba Rafiq Tarar yin murabus.Kuri'ar raba gardama ta kasa da aka yi a watan Afrilun 2002, wadda mutane da yawa suka yi suka da cewa yaudara ce ta tsawaita wa'adin mulkin Musharraf.Zaben 2002 na gama-gari ya dawo kan tafarkin dimokuradiyya, inda jam'iyyar PML(Q) ta Musharraf ta kafa gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru.