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Parent topics
- Pakistan [r]: Country in southern Asia, established as a Muslim state split from India in 1947, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east, Iran and Afghanistan to the west, and China to the north. [e]
Subtopics
- President of Pakistan [r]: Head of state of Pakistan; in September 2009, Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto [e]
- Ayub Khan [r]: First Pakistani citizen to become commander-in-chief of the military of Pakistan; became President under martial law from 1958 to 1962; continued both as constitutional and martial law president until 1968; formed alliances with the United States [e]
- Yahya Khan [r]: General and President of Pakistan under martial law, 1968-1971; arrested after the breakup of Pakistan and the formation of Bangladesh [e]
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zia al-Haq [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pervez Musharraf [r]: Former President and Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan, who seized power in a bloodless 1999 coup. [e]
- Asif Ali Zardari [r]: President of Pakistan since 2008; the widower of Benazir Bhutto [e]
- Prime Minister of Pakistan [r]: Head of government of Pakistan, currently Prime Yousef Raza Gilani [e]
- Benazir Bhutto [r]: (1953–2007) Pakistani politician, former prime minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party. [e]
- Nawaz Sharif [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hamid Gul [r]: Retired Pakistani lieutenant general who headed Inter-Services Intelligence during the Afghanistan War (1978-1992), post-Soviet civil war, and the 9-11 Attack [e]
