Nigeria was suspended between 11 November 1995 and 29 May 1999 , following its execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa on the eve of the 1995 CHOGM . Pakistan was the second country to be suspended , on 18 October 1999 , following the military coup by Pervez Musharraf . The Commonwealth 's longest suspension came to an end on 22 May 2004 , when Pakistan 's suspension was lifted following the restoration of the country 's constitution . Pakistan was suspended for a second time , far more briefly , for six months from 22 November 2007 , when Musharraf called a state of emergency . Zimbabwe was suspended in 2002 over concerns regarding the electoral and land reform policies of Robert Mugabe 's ZANU-PF government , before it withdrew from the organisation in 2003 . On 15 May 2018 , Zimbabwe applied to rejoin the Commonwealth
1995 CHOGM
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1995
Commonwealth of Nations