Politics · Military · 1924–1988

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Military leader and president of Pakistan during the late twentieth century

Did you know?He died in a mysterious plane crash alongside the American ambassador to Pakistan.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani general who ruled Pakistan from his coup in 1977 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He served as the chief martial law administrator from 1977 to 1985, and as the president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death.

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