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Article: ARTICLE: From Zulfikar to Zia to Zardari.
- Article from:
- The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2009
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MUNIR AHMAD KHAN July 4 (THE NATION): July 5, 1977 will always be remembered in the checkered political history of Pakistan as the darkest day when a power hungry general uprooted the nascent sapling of democracy by toppling the democratically elected government of PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, eventually shoving Pakistan into an abyss of prolonged dictatorship and pushing back the country, its polity and the nation decades back. The main impetus behind the July 5 martial law was to eradicate the People's Party and Bhutto, which Zia simply failed to do despite ruling the country for 11 years. Although, Zia succeeded in physically eliminating Bhutto, but he miserably failed to ...