Zia ul haq era
- 1. zia ul haq era Prepared by: Anum Chaudhary
- 2. July 5, 1977 • Gen Zia removes Bhutto in a bloodless coup, suspending the constitution and declaring martial law. He announces elections will be held in 90 days. But simultaneously begins a censorship regime. Political activists and journalists are arrested and flogged in public
- 3. May 13, 1978 • Eleven journalists are sentenced by military courts. Four journalists — Masudullah Khan, Iqbal Jafri, Khawar Naeem Hashmi and Nasir Zaidi — are also flogged
- 4. December 2, 1978 • Shariat benches constituted at the high court levels while an appellate Shariat bench constituted at the Supreme Court level. Shariat benches could revisit any law deemed to be un-Islamic. Prayers to be offered in congregation at all government offices during working hours. All offices and shops to remain shut at the time of Friday prayers
- 5. April 4, 1979 • ZAB is hanged in Rawalpindi jail despite a split verdict and international appeals
- 6. • October 15, 1979 Gen Zia clamps down further on press freedoms. Two days later, the Daily Musawat and Daily Sadaqat are both banned • December 24, 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. Gen Zia drags Pakistan into the jihad sponsored by the Americans and Saudis
- 7. • May 26, 1980 Establishment of Federal Shariat Court is announced • December 19, 1984 Zia holds referendum on ‘Islamisation’ which will give him five more years at the helm. His government claims that more than 95 percent of votes cast were in support of Zia
- 8. • February 25, 1985 National polls are held on non-party-basis • March 2, 1985 Articles 62 & 63 of the Constitution amended to make parliamentarians’ qualifications subject to ‘Islamic’ morality • November 9, 1985Eight Amendment to the Constitution comes into force, giving Zia the power to dissolve the parliament under Article 58-2(B)
- 9. • September 17, 1977 ZAB is arrested for “conspiracy to murder” • October 1, 1977 Elections postponed indefinitely • January 1, 1978 Gen Zia declares 1978 as Year of ‘Islamisation’. Education committee constituted to review syllabi and revise them to include an ‘Islamic bias’
- 10. • September 16, 1978 Gen Zia assumes office of president; retains the office of army chief • February 10, 1979 Islamic penal laws enforcing ‘Hadd’ are promulgated in pursuance of ‘Nizam-i-Islam’. These include the Prohibition Order and the Zina Ordinance as well as separate laws for amputation for theft and punishment by whipping
- 11. • March 18, 1982 Changes introduced to the Pakistan Penal Code; Section 295-B now stipulates a life term for defiling, damaging or desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran • February 9, 1984 Government bans all students’ unions • April 27, 1984 Ban imposed on use of Islamic nomenclature by Ahmadis
- 12. • March 23, 1985 Martial law is lifted and Muhammad Khan Junejo is sworn in as Prime Minister • October 5, 1986 The use of derogatory remarks for the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is criminalised. The offence is made punishable by death or life imprisonment • May 29, 1988 Zia dissolves parliament and dismisses Junejo’s government. He promises elections in the next 90 days
- 13. • June 15, 1988 Zia promulgates the Shariat Ordinance, making Sharia supreme law of the land • August 17, 1988 Gen Ziaul Haq is killed, along with 31 others, in a plane crash near Bahawalpur