His rule saw imprisonment and torture of dissidents and destruction of the free press. Khan had to step down after a mass movement by students and workers in 1969.
Taking over from him was Gen Yahya Khan who ruled the country for about three years before Zulfikar Ali Bhutto formed an elected government in 1972.
Image: Major General Yahya Khan (Right) briefs Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan during one of his visits to the forward areas.
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