who was the president of pakistan in 1980?
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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 After weeks of speculation and party infighting , he said he did not want to become Prime Minister . In mid @-@ March 2008 , he chose Yousaf Raza Gillani for Prime Minister in a snub to the more politically powerful Makhdoom Amin Fahim . 

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 On 27 June 1978 , three months after the revolution , Amin managed to outmaneuver the Parchamites at a Central Committee meeting . The meeting decided that the Khalqists had exclusive rights to formulate and decide policy , a policy which left the Parchamites impotent . Karmal was exiled , but was able to establish a network with the remaining Parchamites in government . A coup to overthrow Amin was planned for September . Its leading members in Afghanistan were Qadir , the defence minister , and Army Chief of Staff General Shahpur Ahmedzai . The coup was planned for 4 September , on the Festival of Eid , because soldiers and officers would be off duty . The conspiracy failed when the Afghan ambassador to India told the Afghan leadership about the plan . A purge was initiated , and Parchamite ambassadors were recalled ; few returned , for example Karmal and Mohammad Najibullah both stayed in their assigned countries . 

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 In 1988 , General Muhammad Zia @-@ ul @-@ Haq died in a plane crash . A few months later , Bhutto became Pakistan 's first female Prime Minister when her party won 94 of 207 seats contested in the 1988 elections . 

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 In late November 2009 , Zardari ceded to Prime Minister Gillani the chairmanship of the National Command Authority , Pakistan 's nuclear arsenal oversight agency . 

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 In January 1948 , the Indian government finally agreed to pay Pakistan its share of British India 's assets . They were impelled by Gandhi , who threatened a fast until death . Only days later , Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse , a Hindu nationalist , who believed that Gandhi was pro @-@ Muslim . Jinnah made a brief statement of condolence , calling Gandhi " one of the greatest men produced by the Hindu community " . 
