rangoli
August 21, 2012, 10:53pm
54
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:
Ayub Khan (Field Marshal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
for me, they all fall in the same category, all of them abused power and we are still paying the price of their flawed policies. martial law is indeed like a cancer for any society.