{"slug": "president-of-pakistan", "label": "President of Pakistan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Pakistan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473984", "qid": "Q473984", "description": "head of state of Pakistan", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [1928, 2007], "span_label": ["1928 CE", "2007 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "ayub-khan", "label": "Ayub Khan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-pakistan", "label": "Prime Minister of Pakistan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sindh", "label": "Sindh", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1979)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#January", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Births › January"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general, leader and 10th President of Pakistan (d. 2023)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#August", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – President Ayub Khan promulgates a constitution which sought to reinforce his authority in the absence of martial law.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242434100#Events", "title": "1962 in Pakistan", "revid": 1242434100, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately developed its own nuclear deterrence to prevent further intervention from India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369925025#January", "title": "1972 in Pakistan", "revid": 1369925025, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (b. 1907)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#April", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Deaths › April"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of President of Pakistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#September", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 51, Pakistani politician, president (1971–1973) and prime minister (1973–1977), execution by hanging.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370657857", "title": "Deaths in April 1979", "revid": 1370657857, "section": "Deaths › April"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Lewis Raphel, are among those killed when a plane crashes and explodes near Bahawalpur.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#August", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 64, Pakistani military officer, President of Pakistan (since 1978).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352335067", "title": "Deaths in August 1988", "revid": 1352335067, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Pakistan's General Rahimuddin Khan resigns from his post as the governor of Sindh, following attempts by the President of Pakistan, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, to limit the powers Rahimuddin had accumulated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#October", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 - 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