POLICE AND POLITICS IN PAKISTAN

CRASH OF THE GENERAL — 1988 / PRINCIPAL FIA TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF OFFICER TO DG FIA

It was the afternoon of August 17, and I was back in my apartment in the [Federal Investigation Agency Training] school, trying to take a nap before the evening games when my bedside official phone rang. It was the DG’s [Director-General’s] private secretary, and he sounded disturbed. “Sir, an army C-130 aircraft carrying Gen Ziaul Haq has crashed near Bahawalpur. DG sahib wants a meeting in his office...