Mohammed ayub biography

(b. Rehana, North-West Frontier Province, 14 May 1907; d. Islamabad, Pakistan, 20 Apr. 1974)

Pakistani; President 1958–69 Ayub came from a middling income Pakhtun family from the Hazara district of the North-West Frontier.

He was educated at Aligarh College and Sandhurst from where he was commissioned in 1928. He served in Burma during the Second World War and in the Punjab Boundary Force at the time of Partition. After his promotion to major-general he commanded the forces in East Pakistan.

In 1951 he became the first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief.

Mohammed ayub biography

From October 1954 to August 1955 he also served as Minister of Defence.

In the coup of 8 October 1958 he became chief martial law administrator; shortly afterwards he deposed Iskander Mirza and became President of Pakistan.

Ayub sought to modernize Pakistan by introducing land reform and social reforms such as the celebrated Muslim Laws Family Ordinance of 15 July 1961 and by stressing economic development. In foreig