Zia-ul-Haq
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani general who ruled Pakistan from his coup in 1977 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He served as the chief martial law administrator from 1977 to 1985, a
Official Portrait , General Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq with his father in 1929
Zia presenting the Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Shamim Alam Khan
President Ronald Reagan and Bill Clark meeting with President Zia-ul-Haq, 1982
Nawaz Sharif
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Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who thrice served as the prime minister of Pakistan, for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then from 19
Zia-ul-Haq
…for weakening democratic institutions and passing laws encouraging religious intolerance. He is also cited for promoting the early political career of Nawaz Sharif, who would be elected Prime Minister three times. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was born on 12 August 1924 in Jullundur, Punjab into a family belonging to the…
Official portrait, c. 2013
Government College, Lahore, where Sharif studied business
Nawaz meeting with conservative Sindhi intellectuals of Pakistan in Sindh Province, c. 1990s.
US Defense Secretary William S. Cohen with Nawaz (1998)