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General Ziaul Haq came to power in July 1977 through a coup d'etat, ousting Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He retained his position as Chief of Army Staff as well as that of president of Pakistan till his death in mysterious circumstances in August 1988. he book examines the events leading to the fall of the Bhutto government, and analyses the enigmatic personality of General Zia.