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The 1977 Pakistani military coup (codenamed Operation Fair Play) was the second military coup in the history of Pakistan.Taking place on 5 July 1977, it was carried out by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the chief of army staff, overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto [a] (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, politician, and statesman. He served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistan: January 5, 1928: President (1971–1973) Prime minister (1973–1977) April 4, 1979: Executed by hanging Jean-Bédel Bokassa Central African Empire: February 22, 1921: Emperor (1976–1979) President (1966–1976) November 3, 1996: Sentence commuted; released in 1993 Dobri Bozhilov Bulgaria: June 13, 1884: Prime ...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn't get a fair trial.
4 April – Deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi. [1]21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4.
Sheikh Anwarul Haq was born in Jullunder, Punjab, British India on 11 May 1917, to a Punjabi family. [5] S. Anwarul Haq earned early education from Jullunder and Wazirabad, passing his matriculation from Jullunder in 1932.: 259 [5] He stood first in matriculation that earned him a scholarship to attend the DAV College in 1932 [citation needed].
On April 6 a group of students demonstrated in the capital Kathmandu, protesting against the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan.As the manifestation came nearer the Pakistani embassy, the student procession was stopped by police at Lainchour. [3]
The prime minister of the government, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was acclaimed as a powerful and skilled politician [4] who had served as President of Pakistan under a presidential system government from 1971 to 1973. He was sworn in as the prime minister of the country on 14 August 1973, after securing 108 votes in a house of 146 members.