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5 days ago · Zia ul-Haq used the occasion of the convening of the national assembly to handpick Muhammad Khan Junejo, a Sindhi politician and landowner, to become the country’s new prime minister. Martial law was officially lifted in December 1985, and political parties sought to take advantage of the new conditions by reestablishing themselves.
3 days ago · Under the auspices of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, its expansion occurred through various madrasas, such as Darul Uloom Haqqania and Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, with political support provided by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S).
3 days ago · Maududi and the JI were especially influential in the early years of Muhammad Zia ul-Haq's rule. His political activity, particularly in support of the creation of an Islamic state clashed with the government, (dominated for many years by a secular political class), and resulted in several arrests and periods of incarceration.
2 days ago · General Zia-ul-Haq, the military dictator who ruled Pakistan under martial law from 1977-88, passed Ordinance XX of 1984, introducing sections 298-B and 298-C to the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), which made it a criminal offence for Ahmadis to, among other things, refer to themselves as Muslims, call their places of worship mosques, and give the ...
1 day ago · In the late 1970s, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq’s military regime backed clerical demands for a theocratic state, in return for their declaring that Nizam-e-Mustafa, the order ordained by Islam, demanded the centralisation of power in a despot. Following 9/11, ...
5 days ago · In the video Ramiz Raja recounted an incident from the time when Former President of Pakistan and Millitary ruler Zia ul Haq's martial law was imposed in Pakistan.
2 days ago · Since the era of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq [1977-1988], black economy has been flourishing at an amazing rate. According to various studies, the parallel economy is growing at an alarming rate ...
6 days ago · Bhutto was succeeded as prime minister by her Punjabi nemesis, Nawaz Sharif, but it was Ishaq Khan who had wielded extraordinary powers under the amended 1973 constitution (originally pressed by Zia ul-Haq to legitimize his authority).
4 days ago · October 1982: President General Zia-ul-Haq paid an official visit to China. During the visit both sides agreed to set up the China-Pakistan Joint Committee of Economy, Trade and Technology. September 1986: China and Pakistan signed a comprehensive nuclear cooperation agreement.
5 days ago · Following Pakistan’s humiliating defeat in (and loss of) East Pakistan and Zia ul-Huq’s subsequent emphasis on Islamization, the Pakistani army increasingly had been inclined to define its purpose in spiritual terms. Musharraf, long a key planner in Pakistan’s military hierarchy, was linked to these trends.
