In Pakistan, Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq and as army chief, Pervez Musharraf seized power through coups and trampled the hopes of the people under their feet.

20 April marks the death anniversary of Ayub Khan, who ruled Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 - a defining period in the country's political history. Charismatic, modern, and progressive, Ayub ...

Pakistan's first and only other Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan rose to absolute power more than six decades ago.

Pakistan energy minister Omar Ayub Khan during a media briefing in Islamabad on Jan. 10, 2021. Credit - Farooq Naeem—AFP/ Getty Images Despite the suppression of his party, downed mobile phone ...

When Bhutto came to power, he held Sahibzada Farooq Ali in high regard and sent him to China in a goodwill delegation led by Nusrat Bhutto. Later, on the approval of the broad elements of the ...

Watch highlights from our Q&A with screenwriter and playwright Ayub Khan-Din from 2011. Ayub talks to BBC Writersroom's Kate Rowland about how he got in to writing, the development and writing ...

It was a jovial scene. President Iskander Mirza and his new Premier, General Mohammed Ayub Khan, sat having tea together for the benefit of newsreel cameramen. Like the good friends they were, ...

A key aide of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that the jailed leader had nominated Omar Ayub Khan as a candidate in a parliamentary vote to elect a new premier following ...

Since Pakistan’s Mohammed Ayub Khan seized power in 1958. he has argued that Western-style constitutions are unsuited to new, underdeveloped nations. Banning political parties, which he blamed ...