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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death. He also served as the second Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 1 March 1976 until his death.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan, died in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988 in Bahawalpur near the Sutlej River. Zia's close assistant Akhtar Abdur Rehman, American diplomat Arnold Lewis Raphel and 27 others also died upon impact.
Jul 5, 2024 · Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq was the Pakistani chief of Army staff, chief martial-law administrator, and president of Pakistan (1978–88). Zia was commissioned in 1945 from the Royal Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun and served with the British armoured forces in Southeast Asia at the end of World War II.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Urdu:محمد ضياء الحق) (August 12, 1924 – August 17, 1988) was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, was the fourth chief martial law administrator and sixth president of Pakistan. He was born on 12 th August 1924 in Jalandhar, India, and died on 17 th August 1988. Zia was the second child of Muhammad Akbar, who worked in the Army GHQ in Delhi and Simla pre-partition.
May 23, 2018 · Mohammad Zia ul-Haq (1924-1988), an army officer, was president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an air crash that was a suspected assassination. He sustained a military government while strengthening Islamic institutions and practices.
6 days ago · Zia ul-Haq used the occasion of the convening of the national assembly to handpick Muhammad Khan Junejo, a Sindhi politician and landowner, to become the country’s new prime minister. Martial law was officially lifted in December 1985, and political parties sought to take advantage of the new conditions by reestablishing themselves.
Aug 18, 1988 · Mohammad Zia ul-Haq constantly promised democracy without ever really giving it during the 11 years he ruled Pakistan.
Aug 18, 1988 · President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan and the United States Ambassador to his country were killed today when a Pakistani Air Force plane exploded in midair and crashed in eastern Pakistan.
Aug 21, 1988 · WHEN he seized power in 1977, Mohammad Zia ul-Haq was a relatively unknown general who was not given much chance of surviving long in the turmoil of Pakistan. He not only succeeded but proved...
