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Presidency Of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's dictatorship after assuming the position of sixth president of Pakistan began on 16 September 1978 and ended with his death in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988. Zia came to power after a coup, overthrowing prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and imposing martial law in 1977. During his reign, there was significant political and military repression in Pakistan. Among the complaints against the Muhammad Zia ul-Haq administration were its repression of press and journalists, oppression of rape victims imprisoned for ''zina'' (extra-marital sex) under its Hudood Ordinances, and its repression of protestors. Zia's government repressed communists and protestors violently during the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy campaign. Zia-ul-Haq came to power as a result of a coup, overthrowing Pakistan's first popularly elected Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Though the coup itself was bloodless, civilian opposition in parts of the country was substanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Mohammad Zia Ul Haq
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Movement For The Restoration Of Democracy
The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD; ) was a political alliance in Pakistan founded in 1981 by the political parties opposing the military government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan. Headed by Benazir Bhutto of the Pakistan People's Party, its objective was the end of martial law and restoration of the democracy. Formed in February 1981, the alliance was noted for its left-wing populism orientation and had Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan Muslim League (Khwaja Khairuddin group), Pakistan Democratic Party, Tehreek-e-Istiqlal, Awami Tehreek, Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, Mazdoor Kisan Party and Pakistan Muslim League Qasim Group led by Syed Kabir Ali Wasti. The alliance was rooted in rural areas of Sindh Province and remained mostly nonviolent, was strongest among supporters of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Though it launched one of the most massive nonviolent movements in South Asia since the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohyuddin Ahmedzai Baloch
Mohyuddin Ahmedzai Baloch (1942–2021) was a Pakistani politician. Biography Mohyuddin, born on November 5, 1942, in Khanate of Kalat to Mir Ahmed Yar Khan Ahmedzai, the Khan of Kalat. He received his early education at Government Dawood High School in Kalat before continuing his studies in Quetta. During the martial law regime of Ayub Khan in 1958, he and his father were detained and spent several years in prison. In the 1970s, when his father was appointed Governor of Balochistan, Mohyuddin served as his principal staff secretary until the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was overthrown by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Mohyuddin entered politics in 1985, being elected as a member of the National Assembly in the non-party elections held under General Zia's regime. Although considered for the prime ministership, the position went to Muhammad Khan Junejo Mohammad Khan Junejo (18 August 1932 18 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ali Khan Hoti
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets in Islam, and along with the Quran, his teachings and normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born in Mecca to the aristocratic Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himself in a mountain cave named Hira for several nights of prayer. When he was 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Junejo
Mohammad Khan Junejo (18 August 1932 18 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the tenth prime minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988 under president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. During his tenure as prime minister he sought to strengthen the power of the office and assert civilian control over state affairs, foreign affairs and military appointments, coming into conflict with Zia-ul-Haq and various senior military officers eventually culminating in his dismissal by Zia. His inquiries into the Ojhri Camp disaster, Ojhri Camp Disaster, appointment of Aslam Beg as Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), VCOAS, various Corps Commanders, growing control over senior military promotions, Geneva Accords (1988), forays into international politics, rejecting Zia appointments in his cabinet, stance against martial law, austerity policies and purported spying on Zia through the civilianized Intelligence Bureau (Pakistan), Intelligence Bure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai
Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai was Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan from July 1991 to 1994. He was born into the Sardar Family of Jogezai sub-branch of Kakar Pashtun tribe in Killi Zingiwaal Bori Loralai Balochistan, Pakistan. His son Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Jogezai was the caretaker Federal Minister of Sports in the regime of President General Pervez Musharraf in 2008. In May 2010, Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai was very ill and admitted to the kidney center in Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a .... References External links Government of Balochistan - Official siteDistrict Database - Government of Balochistan {{DEFAULTSORT:Jogazai Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Pashtun politicians People from Loralai District Living people Governors of Balochi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Haroon
Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon (; 1920 – 6 November 2008) was a Pakistani publisher who served as chairman of the Dawn Media Group and the founding editor of ''Khaleej Times''.Mahmoud Haroon passes away Dawn, Published 7 November 2008, retrieved 27 May 2021 Early life and career He was the second son of Abdullah Haroon, the first being Yusuf Haroon, one of the leaders of . Both brothers, Mahmoud Haroon and Yusuf Haroon, had actively participated in the Pakistan M ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habibullah Khan Khattak
Habibullah Khan Khattak, also known as Muhammad Habibullah Khan (17 October 1913 – 1994), was a Pakistani Army officer born in Wana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He was the son of Khan Bahadur Kuli Khan Khattak, and the younger brother of former Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aslam Khattak and older brother of former Federal Minister Yusuf Khattak and Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan. His son Ali Kuli Khan Khattak also rose to the rank of lieutenant general and retired as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) in 1998. His son, like him, belonged to the famed Baloch Regiment. Military career pre-WW2 After completing intermediate education from Islamia College, Peshawar, he was one of the 25 people selected from British India for the first course at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He was commissioned a second lieutenant 1 February 1935 and attached to the 2nd battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 24 February 1935. He was posted to his permanent British Indian Army unit, 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fida Mohammad Khan
Fida Mohammad Khan ( 24 November 1919 – 20 December 2007) was a Pakistani conservative economist and lawyer who served as the Governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province under the military government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from 1986 until 1988. He was one of the founding members of the All-India Muslim League for its Northwest Frontier Province chapter before 1947.Fida Khan passes away , Published 21 December 2007, Retrieved 8 August 2017 Early life and career Born in 1919, Fida Khan was educated at the , grad ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faiz Ali Chishti
Faiz Ali Chishti (; 1927 – 23 December 2024) was a Pakistani Lieutenant General and Corps commander of X Corps. He was born in Punjab in 1927. He joined the British Indian army in 1946 as an artillery officer and later joined the Pakistani army after partition in 1947. He was from 60 Medium Regiment Artillery in which he was later posted as CO (Commanding Officer). Chishti was the architect of the 1977 martial law imposed in Pakistan, commanding the Corps of Military Police that held many political prisoners at that time. He wrote the book ''Betrayals of Another Kind. Islam, Democracy and the Army in Pakistan'' detailing President Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of ... and the 1977 Pakistani military coup. He died after a prolonged illness at the Armed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term ''Cold war (term), cold war'' is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and Nuclear arms race, nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, Economic sanctions, embargoes, and sports diplomacy. After the end of World War II in 1945, during which the US and USSR had been allies, the USSR installed satellite state, satellite governments in its occupied territories in Eastern Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Demographics of Afghanistan, Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36 and 50 million. Ancient history of Afghanistan, Human habitation in Afghanistan dates to the Middle Paleolithic era. Popularly referred to as the graveyard of empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
