former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Which prime minister did Zia ul Haq take over the power from?
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's tenure as the sixth president of Pakistan began on 16 September 1978 and ended with his death in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988. Zia came to power after a coup, overthrowing prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and imposing martial law in 1977. Zia-ul-Haq during his presidency in 1982.