biography
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Zia ul-Haq, Muhammad
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pronunciation:
[zeea ul hak]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1924–88)
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| biography:
| Pakistani general and president (1978–88), born near Jullundhur, Punjab, N India. He served in Burma, Malaya, and Indonesia in World War 2, and in the wars with India (1965, 1971), rising rapidly to become general and army chief-of-staff (1976). He led a bloodless coup in 1977, imposed martial law, banned political activity, and introduced an Islamic code of law. Despite international protest, he sanctioned the hanging of former President Bhutto in 1979. He was killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur. |
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