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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.
Aug 17, 2018 · When the US Ambassador was killed in the same plane crash as Zia, the US announced immediately that a FBI team would be sent to investigate.
Aug 16, 2020 · Over 3 decades have passed since the former President and COAS, General Zia-ul-Haq was killed in a plane crash incident. Despite multiple investigations, the cause of his death remains...
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.
In August 1988, while travelling from Bahawalpur to Islamabad, Zia was killed in an aircraft crash near the Sutlej River. He was buried at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Zia dominated Pakistan's politics for over a decade and his proxy war against the Soviet Union is credited with stopping an expected Soviet invasion of Pakistan.
Aug 16, 2008 · Sunday Times travels back in time to discover why the crash that killed General Zia-ul-Haq 20 years ago remains one of the most enduring mysteries of the subcontinent.
ISLAMABAD: The crash of C-130 plane near Bahawalpur on August 17, 1988, killing the then President and Army Chief, Gen Muhammad Ziaul Haq continues to remain shrouded in mystery. The crash also killed US Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel and several other top Pakistani military officials.
Aug 19, 1988 · The body of President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq was flown here this evening while investigators searched 330 miles away for the cause of the midair explosion and plane crash that killed him and the...
Aug 16, 2018 · 1988 - Pakistan President General Mohammad Zia-ul Haq was killed along with some of his key army officers and the American Ambassador in Islamabad when the C-130 aircraft in which they were...
Who killed General Zia-ul-Haq? It has been 33 years since the death of former COAS and President of Pakistan but the real cause remains unknown. His son and ...
