1980 Pakistan coup attempt

1980 Pakistan coup attempt
	Part of Military coups in Pakistan
Date	March 1980
Location	Pakistan
Result	Failed coup Coup plotters arrested;
Belligerents
Government of Pakistan	Fraction of the Army
Commanders and leaders
Zia ul Haq ; (President of Pakistan)	Tajammul Hussain Malik; Naveed Tajammal; Malik Riaz

In 1980, Tajammul Hussain Malik organized a coup attempt against the military regime of Zia-ul-Haq, with many other senior army officers, including his son Naveed Tajammul.^[1]^[2] The plan was to assassinate Zia-ul-Haq during the Pakistan Day parade on 23 March 1980,^[1] however the plot was exposed and Malik, his son (Naveed Tajammal) and the other conspirators were arrested and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment.

^ ^a ^b Tajammul Hussain Malik (1991). The Story Of My Struggle. Jang Publishers. pp. 220–280.
^ World Focus, Volume 2. H.S. Chhabra. 1981.

[A-1] Tajammul Hussain Malik (1991). The Story Of My Struggle. Jang Publishers. pp. 220–280.

[B-2] World Focus, Volume 2. H.S. Chhabra. 1981.

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