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Chief Martial Law Administrator

Pakistan · Government / Government of Pakistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1958–1971Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1958

Muhammad Ayub Khan7 October 1958

Karachi · Government / Government of Pakistan

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

1971

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto20 December 1971

Rawalpindi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Bhutto becomes civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator after Yahya Khan resigns.

Names involved

Muhammad Ayub KhanZulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Provenance

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