Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (under the title 'Zia-ul-Haq'); used for entity facts only. It recounts his birth on 12 August 1924 at Jalandhar, his Second World War service, his role in Black September in Jordan, his appointment as army chief in 1976, the coup of 5 July 1977 and Bhutto's execution, his presidency (1978–1988), his Islamisation programme, his role in the Soviet–Afghan War, and his death in a plane crash near Bahawalpur on 17 August 1988 with burial at the Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.