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  • NAME: Muhammad Zia ul-Haq
  • OCCUPATION: World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: August 12, 1924
  • DEATH DATE: August 17, 1988
  • EDUCATION: Royal Indian Military Academy
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Jullundur, India
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Bahwalpur, Pakistan

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was Pakistani chief of Army staff, chief martial-law administrator, and president of Pakistan (1978–88).


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Born in India, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq served with the British army during WWII, working his way up to chief of staff in the Pakistani Army by 1976. A year later, he staged a bloodless coup and assumed the presidency. During his ten-year reign, he imposed martial law while building up his military in response to the Soviet invasion of neighboring Afghanistan. Zia was killed in a plane crash in 1988.

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