Zia-ul-Haq was Bhutto’s option to head the Pakistan army. The electoral fraud led to prevalent violence from the country put up the March 1977 parliamentary elections.On July 5, 1977, General Zia-ul-Haq, then the Chief of Army Personnel, overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inside a navy coup. Zia took control of the state after a bloodless coup that wa