Muhammad Ayub Khan Biography

Muhammad Ayub Khan is appointed Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army.

Pakistan and Turkey sign an agreement for friendly cooperation.

Army chief Muhammad Ayub Khan joins the federal cabinet as Defence Minister.

The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League

The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League

Ayub's martial-law administration disrupts the old Muslim League organization.

The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League

The martial-law government bans political parties and restricts political campaigning.

The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League

Ayub Khan becomes Chief Martial Law Administrator after martial law is proclaimed.

Ayub Khan administers the martial-law regime established by President Iskander Mirza.

Ayub Khan enforces martial law under President Iskander Mirza.

Ayub Khan removes Iskander Mirza and assumes the presidency.

Ayub Khan consolidates military rule and restricts organized political activity.

Muhammad Ayub Khan begins his presidency after removing Iskander Mirza.

Ayub Khan establishes the Basic Democracies system of local electoral councils.

The federal government moves from Karachi to temporary offices in Rawalpindi.

Ayub Khan receives a renewed presidential mandate from the Basic Democracies electorate.

Basic Democrats confirm Ayub Khan as President through an indirect referendum.

Ayub Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru sign the Indus Waters Treaty.

Ayub promulgates reforms governing marriage, divorce and inheritance procedures.

Ayub Khan promulgates Pakistan's second Constitution, establishing a presidential system.

Ayub ends martial law as the 1962 Constitution becomes operational.

A new National Assembly convenes under the presidential Constitution.

Ayub Khan defeats Fatima Jinnah in an indirect presidential election.

Ayub Khan continues as President following the 1965 indirect election.

Ayub Khan's government backs Operation Gibraltar, an infiltration campaign intended to stimulate an uprising in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Ayub Khan's government opens Operation Grand Slam against the Akhnoor sector after fighting expands in Kashmir.

Ayub Khan accepts the United Nations-backed ceasefire that halts major fighting between Pakistan and India.

Ayub Khan and Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration.

The government formally establishes Islamabad as Pakistan's federal capital.

Student protests broaden into a nationwide movement against Ayub Khan's government.

Ayub Khan leaves office as Yahya Khan imposes a new martial-law regime.

Ayub Khan resigns after prolonged protests and political disorder.