Counterintuitively named as “Operation Fairplay,” the martial law declared on July 05, 1977, would be the longest and the most brutal in Pakistan’s politico-constitutional history.
Then Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was convicted in a sham trial for the murder of a political opponent and executed. Zia would not hold elections for more than 90 months, after originally promising polls within 90 days.
So, how did the 1977 coup impacted Pakistan’s trajectory? Seasoned journalist and author Zahid Hussain explains.
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