1977 Pakistani military coup
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1977 Pakistani military coup
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The 1977 Pakistani military coup was the second military coup in the history of Pakistan. Taking place on 5 July 1977, it was carried out by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the chief of army staff, overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The coup itself was bloodless, and was preceded by social unrest and political conflict between the ruling leftist Pakistan Peoples Party government of Bhutto, and the right-wing Islamist opposition Pakistan National Alliance which accused Bhutto
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1977 military takeover of government in Pakistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Pakistani_military_coup
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2009-09-27T03:07:14Z
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2024-09-14T03:57:09Z
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