iskander mirza imposed the 2nd martial law in pakistan in 1958.
iskander mirza imposed the 2nd martial law in pakistan in 1958.
who imposed the 2nd martial law in pakistan in 1958?
iskander mirza
martial law was declared in pakistan on 7 october 1958, by president iskander mirza who then appointed general muhammad ayub khan as the chief martial law administrator and aziz ahmad as secretary general and deputy chief martial law administrator. however, three weeks later general ayub—who had been openly questioning the authority of the government before the imposition of martial law—deposed iskandar mirza on 27 october 1958 and assumed the presidency that practically formalized the militarization of the political system in pakistan. four years later a new document, constitution of 1962, was adopted. the second martial law was imposed on 25 march 1969, when president ayub khan abrogated the constitution of 1962 and handed over power to the army commander-in-chief, general agha mohammad yahya khan. on assuming the presidency, general yahya khan acceded to popular demands by abolishing the one-unit system in west pakistan and ordered general elections on the principle of one man one vote.
martial law
the martial law administrator of balochistan was the head of the military regime of balochistan, the largest province of pakistan. the capacity was first established when martial law was imposed by general yahya khan, who appointed riaz hussain to the post, but was never officially ratified. it therefore lapsed when yahya resigned. the post was officially in operation from july 1977, when martial law was imposed again, until late 1985, when it was informally terminated upon the lifting of martial law by prime minister muhammad khan junejo. the martial law administrator was a serving lieutenant general of the pakistan army, appointed by the chief of army staff. general muhammad zia-ul-haq was the incumbent in each instance. when the presidential term of fazal ilahi chaudhry ended, the post assumed the political office of governor of balochistan; the civilian chief justices who were acting as governors of the provinces were replaced by their martial law counterparts. of the three officeholders, none completed their designated term.
martial law administrator of balochistan