Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
2. New York Times: "Hospitals Full of Victims and Solidarity With Bhutto" (October 21, 2007)
3. Hindustan Times: "Bhutto Accuses Supporters of Late Military Ruler Zia" (October 19, 2007)
4. Al Jazeera: "Defiant Bhutto Vows to Fight on" (October 19, 2007)
5. BBC News: "Echoes of General Zia" (October 15, 1999)
6. Edward Epstein: "Who Killed Zia?"(September, 1989)
7. Yahoo! News: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Recent News

• Google News: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
• New York Times: "Sorting Out Pakistan’s Many Struggles" (October 21, 2007)
• New York Times: "After Bombing, Bhutto Assails Officials’ Ties" (October 20, 2007)
• Times of India: "Benazir Blames Zia Supporters for Attack" (October 19, 2007) 
• NDTV: "Bhutto Calls for Probe into Blasts" October 19, 2007
• Al Jazeera: "The Army's Long Shadow" (August 14, 2007)

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Background and Profiles

Profiles

• Story of Pakistan: Gen. M. Zia-ul-Haq
• Cooperative Research History Commons: Profile: Muhammad Zia ul-Haq
• Pakistan Elections 2007: Zia-ul-Haq
• Library of Congress: Zia ul-Haq

Ouster of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

• Story of Pakistan: Ouster of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
• Eqbal Ahmad: "Pakistan: Military Intervention" (October, 1977)
• Daily Times: "Cult of Bhutto Peaks Ahead of Return to Pakistan" (October 18, 2007)

Islamization

• Wikipedia: Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization
• PBS: Timeline: 1977-1988: Islamization
• Prophet of Doom: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
• BBC News: "Pakistan's 'Culture of Jihad'" (August, 2002)

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Blogs and Commentaries

• Hypersleep: A Five-minute Political History of Pakistan
• The Glasshouse: A Country in Waiting

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Photos

• Google Image Search: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
• Yahoo! Image Search: Muhammad Zia ul-Haq

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Videos

• YouTube: The Leopard and the Fox (Time 01:03)
• VodPod: Adil Najam's Pakistan (Time 06:35) 
• Google Video: Divine Prediction About Zia-ul-Haq (Time 02:09) 

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Criticism and Controversy

• Indian Defense Review: "Siachen: An Episode to Remember" (August 1, 2007)
• Australian National University: "The Political Forces and Military Rule" (2004)
• New York Times: "Unbending Commander for Era of Atom and Islam" (August 18, 1988)
• Defense Journal: "Zia ul-Haq and Military Domination" (April, 1998)

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Timeline

• 1924: August 12, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq is born in Jalandhar, India
• 1943: Commissioned in the British Indian Army to fight in World War II
• 1947: August 14, Pakistan is officially formed as a sovereign nation
• 1962-1964: Zia trains in the United States at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
• 1965: Serves as a tank commanded during the Indo-Pakistani War
• 1976: April 1, Zia ul-Haq is appointed Chief of Army Staff by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
• 1977: July 5, At the end of a period of unrest, Bhutto and his cabinet are arrested by General Zia ul-Haq
• 1977: October, Zia ul-Haq, postpones promised elections and instead initiates a series of purges
• 1977: The Supreme Court of Pakistan rules against Nusrat Bhutto validating the coup based on necessity
• 1978: September 16, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry steps down and Zia ul-Haq assumes his position as president
• 1979: April 4, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is hanged
• 1980: Zia ul-Haq establishes the Majlis-e-Shoora to replace the vacuum in government
• 1985: February, Zia reluctantly appoints Muhammad Khan Junejo as prime minister
• 1986: Benazir Bhutto returns from exile
• 1988: May 29, Zia ul-Haq invokes the 8th Amendment, regaining control of the government
• 1988: August 17, Zia ul-Haq dies in a controversial plane crash

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