Re: Legacy of Mard e Momin Zia ul Haq
He was scared of Bhutto as he had overthrown him to get into power, if he had left him alone, PPP could at some stage a comeback. If there was some other general maybe the situation would have been different. Installing generals out of turn have always proved to be a disaster for the country like Ayub, Zia, Musharraf and maybe even Yahya Khan.
Here’s some info about Ayub Khan:
The events surrounding his appointment set the precedent for a Pakistani general being promoted out of turn, ostensibly because he was the least ambitious of the Generals and the most loyal.[SUP][15]](Ayub Khan - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Three months before the end of his tenure as Commander-in-Chief, Ayub Khan deposed his mentor, Iskandar Mirza, Pakistan’s President, in a military coup – after Mirza had declared martial law and made Ayub martial law commander.