1976, Zia was elevated to the rank of General and was appointed as Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Tikka Khan, by prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...

Ali Zia (Urdu: علی ضیاء; 20 March 1957 – 20 January 2024) was a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played from 1974–75 until 1992–93 for the Pakistan...

The Majumder–Zia family (Bengali: মজুমদার–জিয়া পরিবার), or simply the Zia family (জিয়া পরিবার), is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political...

Begum Khaleda Zia (born 15th August, 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and...

Ziaism is a political ideology implemented in Pakistan from 1978 to 1988 by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. The ideology endorses the idea of an Islamic state, influenced...

Ali Zia Bajwa (Urdu: علی ضیا باجوہ, born 1 July 1973), serves as a Pakistani jurist and has held the position of Justice at the Lahore High Court since...

Test Range, President Zia and his delegation left by army helicopter. The demonstration was organized by Major-General Mahmud Ali Durrani, then-GOC of...

Ali spoke as president of Sylhet district. The councillors approved giving authority to Khaleda Zia, head of the party, to choose the leadership. Ali...

Bajwa, Pakistani politician Muhammad Asif Bajwa, Pakistani politician Ali Zia Bajwa, Pakistani jurist Iram Hassan Bajwa, Pakistani politician Singh,...

Rahman (Bengali: তারেক রহমান, born 20 November 1965), also known as Tarique Zia (Bengali: তারেক জিয়া), is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman who is...

Ala al-Din Ali ibn Shuja al-Din Mohammad (Persian: علاء الدین دراست), also known as Zia' al-Din Ali (ضیاء الدین), was the last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty...

Mahbub Ali Khan (Bengali: মাহবুব আলী খান; 3 November 1934 – 6 August 1984) was a Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the chief of naval staff from 1979 until...

in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988. Zia came to power after a coup, overthrowing prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and imposing martial law in 1977...

central committee. Ali continued to be a close aide of Khaleda Zia after Zia and Ali were released from prison and the caretaker regime ended. He was...

General Muhammed Zia Ul-Haq in a military coup, also known as Operation Fair Play, which deposed the Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Zia-ul-Haq committed...

army staff from 1975 to 1978 with a minor break. Ziaur, sometimes known as Zia, was born in Gabtali and trained at the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad...

Shera, 77, Pakistani-born British politician and educationist. 20 January: Ali Zia, 66, cricket player and coach (Bangladesh national team).[citation needed]...

(since 1998). Gaby Vallejo Canedo, 82, Bolivian writer, heart attack. Ali Zia, 66, Pakistani cricket player and coach (Bangladesh national team). Sir...

minister when General Zia-ul-Haq, the chief of army staff, took over the civilian government led by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. From 1977 to 1979...

Ejaz as Jagoo Natt Ali Azmat as Gogi Babar Ali as Sardar Jatt (Maula’s father) Resham as Malika Jatt (Maula’s mother) Zia Khan as Ali (loyalist of Sardar...

Begum Ra'ana Liaqat Ali Khan (Urdu: رعنا لياقت على خان, known as Gul-i-Rana; 13 February 1905 – 13 June 1990) was the First Lady of Pakistan from 1947...

1981). "Zulfikar Ali Bhutto narrates the torture he suffered in his death cell". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2022. Pakistan, Zia and after. Abhinav...

Zia Mohyeddin HI SI (Urdu: ضیاء محی الدین; 20 June 1931 – 13 February 2023) was a British-Pakistani film actor, producer, director, and television broadcaster...

orchid Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq, Singapore Botanical Gardens (1983) Begum Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq Scholarship, Aga Khan University (1985) Parveen Shaukat Ali (1997). Politics...

second Qajar ruler of Iran, Fath-ʿAli Shah, she served as private secretary to her father. The name usually used for her, Ziaʾ al-Saltaneh, meaning "Light...

assassination in 1981. Following Rahman's assassination, his widow, Khaleda Zia, took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her...

Afzal Shuja ul-Mulk Aman ul-Mulk Alamgir Ghazi Muhammad Rasool Karishma Ali Zia Us-Salam Muhammad Musa Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary...

Sheikh Took oath under PCO Zafar Pasha Chaudhary Took oath under PCO Mumtaz Ali Mirza Took oath under PCO Asif Saeed Khan Khosa Took oath under PCO Ch. Ijaz...

by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq, against the government of then-Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. General Zia ordered the arrest of Bhutto,...

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appointed Qaim Ali Shah to his small cabinet as the Federal Minister for Industries and Kashmir Affairs. After General Zia-ul-Haq's...