- On 6 October 1998, General Jhangeir Karamat was forced to resign by Prime minister Nawaz Sharif over a disagreement on national security.
- Nawaz Sharif was elected Prime Minister in 1990, but got against with General Aslam Beg when General Beg recommended support for Iraq during the Gulf War.Beg was replaced by General Asif as chief of army staff.
- On 12 October 1999, nawaz Sharif replaced Musharraf with Inter Services Intelligence Director General Lt General Ziauddin Butt as Chief of Army Staff while Musharraf was en route from Sri Lanka to Karachi, Pakistan.
