Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Death Of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

The State funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was held on 19 August 1988 in Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was the President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at the time of his death and died in a mysterious C-130 Hercules plane crash on August 17, 1988. About which several conspiracy theories exist regarding of this incident and other his high-profile civil-military notable people died in the same crash including the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Akhtar Abdur Rehman and the United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel.

His death was officially acknowledged on 17 August simultaneously by Pakistan radio and television. His death was officially announced by Chairman of Senate, Ghulam Ishaq Khan (who would ascended as President of Pakistan in his place), simultaneously by Pakistan radio and television. Zia-ul-Haq was given a state funeral and then buried in the specially crafted white marbel tomb, adjacent to Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Zia's successor as president, managed Zia-ul-Haq's state funeral.which was on 19 August.

The funeral was attended by key American politicians, United States Embassy staff in Islamabad, key personnel of Pakistan Armed Forces, and chiefs of staff of the army, navy, air force and many other important leaders of the Western countries.