1973 Pakistan coup attempt
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| 1973 Pakistan coup attempt | |||||||
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| Part of Military coups in Pakistan | |||||||
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 Government of Pakistan |
 Fraction of the Army Fraction of the PAF | ||||||
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Prime minister of Pakistan) |
Brig. F.B Ali Major Farouk Adam Khan Squadron Leader Ghous Colonel Aleem Afridi (Double agent) Lt. Colonel Tariq Rafi | ||||||
The 1973 Pakistan coup attempt, also known as the Attock Conspiracy, refers to a plot[1] by Brig. Ali, Major Farouk Adam Khan, Squadron Leader Ghous, Colonel Aleem Afridi and Lt. Colonel Tariq Rafi against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to overthrow the government and establish a revolutionary military junta.[2][3][4]
Background
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) had come to power in December 1971 the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan as PPP had won majority seats in the 1970 elections in the then West Pakistan.[2][3][4]
Previous role of the plotters
The coup was plotted by the same group of officers who had actually helped Bhutto to come to power after the Bangladesh Liberation War, these officers forced Yahya Khan to resign and transfer power to Bhutto, by threatening an officer's coup if he didn't comply. Yahya Khan resigned.[2][3][4][1][5][6]
Cause
However Bhutto after coming to power started dismissing these activist officers as he was weary of them. These officers were enraged and the rebel group of officers began to plot a coup against Bhutto with the help of sympathetic people in the military apparatus.[2][3][4][5]
Coup plotters
One of the core plotters was Brigadier F B. Ali. He was originally amongst the supporters of Bhutto who had forced Yahya Khan to resign and transfer power to Bhutto. But after his dismissal and dismissal of many of his colleagues he turned against the government and he along with Major Farouk Adam Khan, Squadron Leader Ghous, Colonel Aleem Afridi and Lt. Colonel Tariq Rafi began plotting a coup to bring down Bhutto regime.[2][3][4]
Form of government
They were trying to establish a revolutionary military junta by officers who would oversee the removal of the generals promoted to high positions by Bhutto.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Why coups happen in Pakistan".
- ^ a b c d e f "Men on horseback,a history of coups". dawn.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "fallen horses the coups that failed in Pakistan". nayadaur.tv.
- ^ a b c d e f "A Coup That Wasn't ..... A Threat That Remains - Resonant News". resonantnews.com. September 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Economic Factors of Pakistan's Military Coups, Dissertation › PWD-2007".
- ^ Westad, Odd Arne (19 February 2007). "The Global Cold War". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-64382-5.