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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
محمد ضیاءالحق
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
6t Preses o Pakistan
In office
5 Julie 1977 – 17 August 1988
Prime MeenisterMuhammad Khan Junejo
Precedit biFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Succeedit biGhulam Ishaq Khan
Personal details
Born12 August 1924(1924-08-12)
Jalandhar, Punjab, Breetish Raj
(nou in Punjab, Indie)
Dee'd17 August 1988(1988-08-17) (aged 64)
Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
NaitionalityBreetish Indie, (1924–1947) Pakistani (1947–1988)
Spoose(s)Begum Shafiq Zia (1950–1988 his daith)[1]
BairnsMuhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq
Anwar-ul-Haq
Zain Zia
Rubina Saleem
Quratulain Zia
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi
Unitit States Airmy Command an General Staff College
Militar service
Eikname(s)Mard-i-Momin
Allegiance Breetish Indie
 Pakistan
Service/brainch British Indian Army
 Pakistan Airmy
Years o service1943–1988
Rank General
Unit22 Cavalry, Airmy Airmoured Corps (PA – 1810)
Commands2nt Independent Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Diveesion
II Strike Corps
Chief o Airmy Staff
Battles/warsWarld War II
Indo-Pakistani War o 1965
Black September in Jordan
Soviet war in Afghanistan

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Urdu: محمد ضياء الحق‎; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988), wis a Pakistani general that served as the 6t Preses o Pakistan frae 1978 till his daith in 1988, efter declarin mairtial law in 1977.

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