Ayub Khan Seizes Power: Pakistan's Military Rule Begins
General Ayub Khan turns his own appointment as martial law enforcer into a swift seizure of power, deposing President Iskander Mirza just twenty days after Mirza named him to the role. This bloodless coup ends Pakistan's first experiment with parliamentary democracy and installs a military dictatorship that would dominate the nation for over a decade.
October 27, 1958
68 years ago
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