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38 Years Since General Zia-ul-Haq’s Death: Why Pakistan Must Release the Shafi-ur-Rahman Commission Report

Thirty-eight years after General Zia-ul-Haq died in the Bahawalpur C-130 crash, Pakistan still awaits the complete record of what happened.

General Zia-ul-Haq with a Pakistan Air Force C-130 and confidential inquiry files marking 38 years since the Bahawalpur crash

External Links & References

[General Zia crash retrospective] → https://www.dawn.com/news/1427540
[Contemporary report on the Bahawalpur crash] → https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-18-mn-764-story.html
[Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq interview on the crash] → https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/demystifying-death-of-former-pakistani-president-ziaulhaq/1741508
[5 July 1977 and martial law] → https://zorayskhalid.com/5-july-1977-martial-law/
[Pakistan’s youth and protest debate] → https://zorayskhalid.com/pakistani-youth-protests-debate/
[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and Pakistan’s nuclear programme] → https://zorayskhalid.com/sultan-bashiruddin-mahmood/
[General Zia-ul-Haq archive] → https://zorayskhalid.com/tag/general-zia-ul-haq/

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