President Iskander Mirza, aiming to restore order, declared martial law and appointed General Ayub Khan, then the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, as Chief Martial Law Administrator.

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President Iskander Mirza, aiming to restore order, declared martial law and appointed General Ayub Khan, then the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, as Chief Martial Law Administrator.

Ayub Khan had conferred the rank on himself in 1959, a year after overthrowing President Iskandar Mirza in a military coup. He went on to rule Pakistan for 10 years as president. Munir's promotion ...

Pakistani Generals routinely overstay their tenures and overstate their relevance in the national discourse. For a military ...

In 1959, then-Pakistan President Iskander Mirza became disillusioned with democracy and invited then-Pakistan Army Chief Ayub Khan to impose martial law, wrongly assuming he could keep him in check.

In 1958, Pakistan President Iskander Mirza, with army support, abrogated the Constitution and appointed Ayub Khan, then the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Arm as Chief Martial Law Administrator, ...

The then Governor-General Iskander Mirza declared martial law and named General Ayub Khan, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army at the time, Chief Martial Law Administrator. But this partnership ...

But this constitution had a very short life. The country’s first general elections were scheduled for February 1959, but President Iskandar Mirza, fearing a rise in East Pakistan’s influence ...