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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was Chief of Army Staff who took power in a July 1977 coup and was President of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in a plane crash near Bahawalpur on 17 August 1988.
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- Born: 12 August 1924, Jalandhar, Punjab (British India)
- Chief Martial Law Administrator from July 1977; President, 1978–1988
- Died: 17 August 1988, plane crash near Bahawalpur
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