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PP of Zia Ul Haq
PP of Zia Ul Haq
• The problem was particularly difficult because it was Bhutto who had
appointed Zia the chief of army staff.
• Some officers thought that Zia was not capable enough to be army chief, so
in his dealings with Bhutto, he wanted to show that he was a determined
leader.
Bhutto was released from arrest at the end of July , but when he intended to
reassert his political authority, he was rearrested on 3 September.
• The trial, which took nearly 2 years, resulted in Bhutto found guilty and
sentenced to death.
• Zia established separate Shariat judicial courts and court benches to judge legal cases
using Islamic doctrine.
• New criminal offenses (of adultery, fornication, and types of blasphemy) and new
punishments (of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death), were added to Pakistani
law
• Interest payments for bank accounts were replaced by "profit and loss"
payments.
• Until that time, the West had not taken Zia seriously, and some Western
leaders were unhappy that military dictatorship had replaced democracy.
• Zia was able to increase defence budget and built up such an effective military force that
he was able to sell military assistance to other countries.
• Pakistan became the second largest supplier of the military manpower in the developing
world.
• The ’Afghan Miracle’ had brought economic support to Pakistan, but at a cost. Guns
became common in the streets of Pakistan.
• Drug use and drug trafficking also grew at alarming rates until Pakistan became one of the
world’s leading countries for drug trading.
• Then on 10 April 1988, an army weapons depot at Ojhri camp blew up.
• The depot was located in the middle of a densely populated area between
Rawalpindi and Islamabad and hundreds of civilian were killed, with
thousands more injured.
• Consequently, on 29th May 1988 Zia used his powers to dismiss Junejo
and dissolve the National assembly.
Death of General Zia Ul Haq
• Zia died in a plane crash on 17 August 1988.
• After witnessing a US M1 Abrams tank demonstration in Bahawalpur, Zia
had left the small town in the Punjab province by C-130B Hercules aircraft.
• The aircraft departed from Bahawalpur Airport and was expected to reach
Islamabad International Airport.
• Shortly after a smooth take off, the control tower lost contact with the
aircraft.
Witnesses who saw the plane in the air afterward claim it was flying
unsteadily, then tumbled and exploded on impact.
• His remains were laid to rest in front of the huge, modern Faisal Mosque.
Conclusion:
Zia who imposed third martial law in the country and over throwing the Bhutto ruling
government adopted many tools politically and economically in order to legitimize himself.
He established sharit courts, the Masjid-a-shura, Zakat committee. Nizam-e-
Salatcommittees’ etc. for two purposes first to counter secular forces and second is
broadening the base of his support for his political end.
I think he wanted to achieve the twin objectives of satisfying his God as well as
strengthening his political base to extend his rule. I think the Zia introduce the Islamization
process but this failed to achieve desired result because hand his advisers did not take any
concern the mind of Pakistan nation and the present environment.
The main reason for the failure of the program were the role of religious leader who
responsible implementing the program but did not present themselves a role model of
Muslim to public Zia tried to enforce Islam through martial law order and legitimize himself
but such measures always dislike and cannot win the hearts of the people because the
forget the basic principal that Islam was not spread with the sword but through love and
tolerance
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