Zia-ul-Haq

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of the army staff of the Pakistan Army from 1976 until his death. The country's longest-serving de facto head of state and chief of the army staff, Zia's political ideology is known as Ziaism.

policies for revising Pakistan's political system along Islamic lines

1983 novel by Salman Rushdie

1977 coup d'etat in Pakistan

former Jewish synagogue in Karachi, Pakistan

1988 events in Pakistan

revolt by the Shias of Gilgit Baltistan

2021 film directed by Ranjit Tewari