MUHAMMAD ZIA-UL-HAQ,THE RULER OF PAKISTAN DIED IN PLANE ACCIDENT ON 17 AUGUST 1988
MUHAMMAD ZIA-UL-HAQ,THE RULER OF PAKISTAN DIED IN PLANE ACCIDENT ON 17 AUGUST 1988 "Sharization" or "Islamisation" (Urdu: محمد ضیاء الحق کے اسلامی حکمرانی) was the "primary" policy,[1] or "centerpiece"[2] of the government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the ruler of Pakistan from 1977 until his death in 1988. Zia has also been called "the person most responsible for turning Pakistan into a global center for political Islam".[3] Pakistan had been founded as a separate Muslim-majority state for India. Zia committing himself to enforcing his interpretation of Nizam-e-Mustafa ("Rule of the prophet" Muhammad), i.e. establish an Islamic state and sharia law.[4] Zia established separate "Shariat" courts and court benches[5][6] to judge legal cases using Islamic doctrine.[7] New criminal offenses (of adultery, fornication, and types of blasphemy), and new punishments (of whipping, amputation, and ...