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Islamic Penal Code

Pakistan · Religion / Islam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1979Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1979

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto4 April 1979

Religion / Islam

The Islamic penal code is introduced; Bhutto hanged

Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq27 December 1979

Religion / Islam

The Islamic penal code is introduced; Bhutto hanged

Names involved

Mohammad Zia-Ul-HaqZulfikar Ali Bhutto

Provenance

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