Yahya Khan (born February 4, 1917, near Peshawar, India [now in Pakistan]—died August 10, 1980, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was the president of Pakistan (1969–71), a professional soldier who became commander in chief of the Pakistani armed forces in 1966. Yahya was born to a family that ...
British empirecolonialismemergencyHartIndialegal positivismrule of lawThis article revisits an infamous incident in colonial India -- the Amritsar massacre of ... N Hussain - 《Law & Critique》 被引量: 93发表: 1999年 A Tale of Two Indias Mill's essay, "The Negro Question," and his public...
Martial law could be enacted on a single street or in an entire empire. It was an indispensable part of colonial rule, and it had been used to put down rebellions and mutinies in colonies as disparate as Ireland, New Zealand, India, and Nigeria.11 Like many of the legal forms found in...
Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq was the Pakistani chief of Army staff, chief martial-law administrator, and president of Pakistan (1978–88). Zia was commissioned in 1945 from the Royal Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun and served with the British armoured forces
Mohammed Ayub Khan, president of Pakistan (1958–69). As a military leader, he declared himself president during a period of martial law. He introduced agrarian and administrative reforms, stimulated industry, and encouraged investment, but he lost suppo