Pakistani Crisis of 2000

The 2000 Pakistani coup d'état was a coup d'état in which the Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Pervez Musharraf overthrew elected Prime Minister Navaz Sharif and his existing elected government.

International reaction to the crisis was initially widespread condemnation, particularly from the British and American Governments. British Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister John Yates made his "Cost of democracy" speech on the matter and initially led a multinational attempt to secure the safety of Sharif, but following the death of the elected Prime Minister, pressure has focused instead on pushing the interm Government into calling for new elections as soon as possible.