Permanent historical factsheet

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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

2Records
1969–1973Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1969

Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan31 March 1969

Rawalpindi · Government / Government of Pakistan

Yahya Khan governs the Islamic Republic under martial law.

1973

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto14 August 1973

Islamabad · Government / Government of Pakistan

The constitutional text formally uses the name Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Names involved

Agha Muhammad Yahya KhanZulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Provenance

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