Zia, General
1924-1988 64 years
1924-1988 64 years
aka: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
President of Pakistan, 1976-88
born India
served in the British Army WWII
trained in the US by the US Army Command in
Kansas, 1962-64
stationed in Jordan 1967-70
Pakistani Army Chief of Staff 1976 under
President Bhutto
led military coup against Bhutto, who was tried,
convicted, and hanged.
supposedly died in a plane crash in 1988,
unknown cause.
President of Pakistan, 1976-88
born India
served in the British Army WWII
trained in the US by the US Army Command in
Kansas, 1962-64
stationed in Jordan 1967-70
Pakistani Army Chief of Staff 1976 under
President Bhutto
led military coup against Bhutto, who was tried,
convicted, and hanged.
supposedly died in a plane crash in 1988,
unknown cause.
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| ...So they brought all kinds of imaginary crimes that he had not committed. He was a well educated man, and he was not a fanatic. They killed him. No appeal was granted to him; he could not appeal to the president for mercy. It was against Pakistan's constitution, against Pakistan's law, but General Zia, who was in power, was not a man of any influence in the public. He had come into power by force and violence because he was the commander-in- chief of all the forces – the navy, the air force, and the army... --Osho I Celebrate Myself, God is No Where, Life is Now Here, ch. 7 |