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  2. Zia-ul-Haq - Wikipedia

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    Zia subsequently imposed martial law, suspended the constitution, and served as chief martial law administrator before assuming the presidency and becoming a dictator. Zia served as the 2nd chief of the Army Staff from 1976 to 1988, a position he later leveraged to execute a coup in 1977, [ 3 ] which was the second coup in Pakistan's history of ...

  3. Martial law - Wikipedia

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    The civilian martial law was imposed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first civilian to hold this post in Pakistan after the Bangladesh Liberation War. On 21 December 1971, Bhutto took this post as well as that of President. It was the first civilian martial law. The third was imposed by the General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq on 5 July 1977.

  4. Military coups in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    In 1958, the first Pakistani President Major General Iskandar Ali Mirza dismissed the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan and the government of Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon, appointing army commander-in-chief Gen. Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator. Thirteen days later, Mirza himself was exiled by Ayub Khan, who appointed himself ...

  5. Provisional Constitutional Order - Wikipedia

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    Soon after the martial law went into effect in 1977, the Constitution of Pakistan was suspended. The first Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) was declared on March 24, 1981, by then-President and Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

  6. 1999 Pakistani coup d'état - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, President Musharraf eventually imposed another martial law by having suspended the populist Chief Justice IM Chaudhry, leveling charges of corruption and misconduct. Unlike the earlier martial law, Musharraf was widely disapproved, inviting mass demonstrations led by Nawaz Sharif, Musharraf eventually resigned in an attempt to avoid ...

  7. 1958 Pakistani military coup - Wikipedia

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    On October 7, President Iskander Mirza declared martial law in Pakistan. He abrogated the constitution of 1956, describing it as "unworkable" and full of "dangerous compromises." [2] He dismissed the government of Sir Feroz Khan Noon, dissolved the National Assembly of Pakistan and the provincial legislatures.

  8. Fact-check: Did Canada declare martial law because of truck ...

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    The law will be used to "strengthen police powers to impose fines and imprison people; compel tow-truck companies to help clear blockades; allow banks to freeze the personal and corporate accounts ...

  9. Dosso case - Wikipedia

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    The case gained prominence as it indirectly questioned the first martial law imposed by President Iskander Mirza in 1958. [ 1 ] Dosso was the tribal person from district Loralai in Baluchistan then under Provincially Administered Tribal Areas who committed a murder and was arrested by tribal authorities and handed over to Loya jirga which ...