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Military coups in Pakistan began in 1958 when military officer Muhammad Ayub Khan overthrew and exiled president Iskandar Ali Mirza. [1] [2] Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has spent several decades under military rule (1958–1971, 1977–1988, 1999–2008). After their respective terms in office, each of the past five prime ministers of ...
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq [a] (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani dictator who controlled Pakistan from his 1977 coup until his death in 1988. He took over the country after leading a coup on 5 July 1977, which overthrew the democratically elected government of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Achaemenid soldiers of the three territories of Sattagydia, Gandhara and Hindush respectively, from modern day's Pakistan. The region of modern-day Pakistan (part of British Raj before 1947) formed the most-populous, easternmost and richest satrapy of the Persian Achaemenid Empire for almost two centuries, starting from the reign of Darius the Great (522–485 BC). [4]
The 1977 Pakistani military coup (codenamed Operation Fair Play) was the second military coup in the history of Pakistan. Taking place on 5 July 1977, it was carried out by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , the chief of army staff , overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto .
1971 Pakistan Military Officer's Revolt, also known as the Majors and Colonels Revolt, refers to the deposition of the Yahya Khan's regime in Pakistan by Brigadier Farrukh Bakht Ali, Brigadier Iqbal Mehdi Shah, Colonel Aleem Afridi, Colonel Agha Javed Iqbal, Lt Col Mohammed Khursheed Hussain and other officers.
The 1999 military takeover in Pakistan [3] was a bloodless coup d'état initiated by the military staff at the Joint Staff HQ working under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf.
Sharif is the preferred candidate of Pakistan’s powerful military, which, despite backing his ouster thrice in the past, recently allowed the 74-year-old back from exile in the U.K., quashed his ...
During Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's dictatorship he assumed the position of sixth president of Pakistan on 16 September 1978 and ended his rule by dying in a suspicious aircraft crash on 17 August 1988. Zia came to power after a coup , overthrowing prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and imposing martial law in 1977.