1 March 1976Chief of Army StaffMuhammad Zia-Ul-Haq
Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff after being selected to succeed General Tikka Khan.
Historical records for Pakistan in 1976, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Zia-ul-Haq becomes Chief of Army Staff after being selected to succeed General Tikka Khan.
Bhutto's government advances construction of the state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills complex.
PAEC under Munir Ahmad Khan surveys the Chagai region and selects the Ras Koh area for a possible future nuclear test.
A. Q. Khan takes a leading role in the centrifuge-based uranium-enrichment project that develops at Kahuta.
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