General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد ضياء الحق) (b. 12 August 1924 –17 August 1988) was the President and military ruler of Pakistan from July 1977 to his ...
Zia ul-Haq, Muhammad (1924–1988) Pakistani general, in power from 1977 until his death, probably an assassination, in an aircraft explosion. He became army chief of staff in 1976 ...