1980 Pakistan coup attempt

1980 Pakistan coup attempt
Part of Military coups in Pakistan
DateMarch 1980
Location
Result

Failed coup

  • Coup plotters arrested
Belligerents
Pakistan Government of Pakistan Fraction of the Army
Commanders and leaders
Pakistan Zia ul Haq
(President of Pakistan)
Tajammul Hussain Malik
Naveed Tajammal
Malik Riaz

In 1980, Tajammul Hussain Malik organized a coup attempt against the military regime of Zia-ul-Haq, with many other senior army officers, including his son Naveed Tajammul.[1][2] The plan was to assassinate Zia-ul-Haq during the Pakistan Day parade on 23 March 1980,[1] however the plot was exposed and Malik, his son (Naveed Tajammal) and the other conspirators were arrested and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment.

  1. ^ a b Tajammul Hussain Malik (1991). The Story Of My Struggle. Jang Publishers. pp. 220–280.
  2. ^ World Focus, Volume 2. H.S. Chhabra. 1981.