Born in 14 may 1907 and died in 19 April 1974.
EARLY LIFE
Ayub Khan was born on 14 May 1907 in Rehana, a village in the North-West Frontier
Province of British India into the Tareen tribe of Pashtuns.
He went on to study at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and while pursuing his
college education, he was accepted into Royal Military College at Sandhurst by the the recommendation of General Andrew Skeen; he did not complete his degree at AMU and departed for Great Britain.
Ayub Khan was fluent in Urdu, English.
MILITARY CAREER
Ayub Khan joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a trainee in July 1926.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on 2 February 1928.
He is Army General also and Trained at the British Royal Military College, Ayub Khan fought in World War II as a
colonel in the British Indian Army.
He signed CENTO for Pakistan in 24 Feb 1954.
PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN
Under threat of being dismissed, Prime Minister H.S. Suhrawardy resigned and Prime
Minister I.I. Chundiragar took over the post but in a mere two months he too tendered his
resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly. The
Constituent Assembly then elected Sir Feroz Noon for the post of the prime minister.
At midnight on 7 October 1958, President Mirza ordered a mass mobilization of the
Pakistan Armed Forces and abrogated the Constitution after sending a letter to Prime
Minister Feroz and the Constituent Assembly about the coup d'état. Most of the
country's politicians only became aware of the coup the next morning; only U.S.
Ambassador James Langley and the British High Commissioner were kept fully informed
of political developments in the country. President Mirza appointed General Ayub chief
martial law administrator (CMLA), who then declared martial law.
He was 2nd president of Pakistan and toke charge from Iskander mirza on 27th October 1958 opposing 1st marital law in Pakistan up to 25 March 1969 by abrogated 1st constitution of 1956.
And make 1962 constitution for there own.
FALL FROM PRESIDENCY
Popular demonstrations and labour strikes supported by the protests in East
Pakistan ultimately led to his forced resignation in 1969.
And Fatima had gained lot of support from Karachi and success in 1965 election against Ayub khan.
REFORMS OF AYUB KHAN.
(1) Muslims family laws ordinance reform : passed on 2 March 1961 about polygamy(many wife).
If your 1st wife not agree with you for 2nd marriage you divorce 1st one by saying
"I divorce you" three times.
(2) Industrialization reform : Ayub got great achievement in economy and industrialization
By making private sector small medium scale Industry for people to get new jobs and economy rising during 1960-1966 and GDP is 6.8% in his era.
(3) Hydroelectric reform : several hydroelectric project completed by Ayub such as Mangla,kaptai Dam.
And two nuclear power plants one in Karachi another one in Dhaka.
(4) Education reform: Ayub introduced textbook for university,schools and many public university,schools build during his era.
(5) Agrarian reform: Ayub introduced Agricultural reform for preventing more than 500 acres irrigated land and 1000 acres unirrigated land from landlord.
(6) Oil refinery reform: Ayub introduced Oil refinery in Karachi for purifying oil for different purposes.
By Dr Muhammad Abid
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